Stuffed toys are children’s “close companions”, some children even eat and sleep without leaving their hands. But these cute plush toys also contain formaldehyde, which can directly affect the health of children!

Why do plush toys contain formaldehyde?
In fact, the formaldehyde in plush toys mainly from the surface of the textile! Because the production of toys need to use a lot of textiles. And formaldehyde is widely used in a variety of textiles, with the textile shrinkage, free ironing and other functions. In the process of making textiles, will add softeners, color fixing agents, waterproofing agents, adhesives and other additives, which contain formaldehyde. At the same time, these auxiliaries can also contain heavy metals and other harmful substances. If the additives are not used, the textile fabric effect is not good, and at the same time the cost is very high.

Therefore, some unscrupulous merchants in order to plush dolls look more beautiful, may be added to the textile dyeing additives, mainly for anti-wrinkle. But the terrible thing is that the formaldehyde content added in the dyeing additives may exceed the standard, and there may also be heavy metals. The formaldehyde content added in the dyeing aids exceeded the standard, long-term proximity to the toy, mouth and nose close inhalation, not only will make people headache allergies, serious but also fatal conditions.

What is the harm of formaldehyde in toys?
If long-term contact with these toys, the most obvious is to induce an attack of bronchial asthma leading to an aggravation of asthma attacks, exceeding the standard is serious, and may even be life-threatening. In the blood, it may lead to malignant tumors of the blood system, most commonly leukemia lymphoma and other malignant blood diseases.