Kitchen cabinets even exceed the standard formaldehyde. Are "environmentally friendly" kitchen cabinets really environmentally friendly?

Kitchen cabinets are used by every household, and kitchen cabinets are also the place closest to our food. If the kitchen cabinets are polluted, it means that our daily diet is not clean, which will have a great impact on our health in the long run. So, how did kitchen cabinet formaldehyde come from?

Many people do pay attention to environmental protection when they buy kitchen cabinets, but are the environmentally friendly kitchen cabinets that businesses say really environmentally friendly? Many kitchen cabinet merchants claim zero formaldehyde under the banner of E0 level. But is this the truth? After some kitchen cabinets were tested, it was found that the formaldehyde exceeded the standard by more than 6 times. Such things are like ticking time bombs at home. So, how to choose environmentally friendly kitchen cabinets?

1: Why does the kitchen cabinet have formaldehyde exceeding the standard?

Plate contamination

At present, the kitchen cabinets sold on the market are mainly panel kitchen cabinets. The main materials required to make panel kitchen cabinets are MDF and particleboard. We can collectively call such panels as man-made panels. The artificial board is a board made of natural wood and its corner waste in the process of pressing and bonding. Since the adhesive used for bonding contains formaldehyde, it is very easy to carry formaldehyde residues in the artificial board. Kitchen cabinets made of artificial boards may cause pollution to the indoor environment. Although the kitchen cabinets are assembled on site, the backboard is usually single-sided, and the grade of this kind of board is generally relatively low, which is easy to cause excessive formaldehyde. There are also drawer boards that have similar problems, so be careful.

Countertop Contamination

There are two kinds of raw materials for common kitchen cabinet countertops: one is natural marble countertops, which have high hardness, wear resistance and durability, but are relatively expensive; the second is artificial stone countertops, although the quality of artificial stone countertops is not as good as marble countertops, but The price is cheap and can meet the needs of ordinary families.
Therefore, many families will choose to buy kitchen cabinets with artificial countertops. However, artificial stone is made of chemical raw materials, contains adhesives, and has an odor that easily affects indoor air quality. In addition, whether the pigments in artificial stone are environmentally friendly also affects the environmental protection of artificial stone. Consumers must choose branded artificial stone countertops, and unbranded products with low prices should be carefully selected.

In addition to the kitchen cabinet itself and the countertop may cause environmental pollution, when installing the kitchen cabinet, improper operation will also lead to environmental problems. Generally speaking, the installation of kitchen cabinets requires on-site cutting and assembly. If the sealing is not tight when sealing the edges, harmful substances will easily volatilize from the gaps. In addition, some unscrupulous enterprises use inferior glue instead of environmentally friendly glue in order to save costs. The formaldehyde content of inferior glue exceeds the standard, which can easily pollute the indoor environment.

2: Are "environmentally friendly" kitchen cabinets really environmentally friendly?

In recent years, the kitchen cabinet industry has developed rapidly, but due to the imperfect market management, the industry order is relatively chaotic. Some small workshop-style "manufacturers" and family-style "factories" are not qualified to produce special products such as kitchen cabinets. They produce inferior kitchen cabinet products by cutting corners and shoddy products, so that a large number of toxic and harmful materials are mixed in them, causing serious damage. consumer rights. In fact, the survey found that many kitchen cabinets that claim to be "environmentally friendly" actually do not meet environmental protection standards.

Chemical pollution is the invisible killer

In addition to formaldehyde, there may be harmful substances such as benzene and radon in the kitchen cabinet. In addition to panels, kitchen cabinet panels and adhesives need to be treated to ensure that the content of various harmful substances does not exceed the standard.
Editor's note: There are some cheap kitchen cabinets on the market, which are very attractive to consumers. Most of these cheap kitchen cabinets are made of inferior plates, so it is easy to have excessive formaldehyde.
The quality of kitchen cabinets depends largely on the quality of materials. The reason why kitchen cabinets produced by small factories are cheap is not only the simple processing equipment, but also the cost of the board. For example, the price of a high-quality sheet is several times the price of an inferior sheet, and some are as high as dozens of times. In order to reduce costs and obtain benefits, many small workshop-style factories use inferior boards and infringe on consumer rights.

Kitchen cabinets with poor materials and workmanship may have burrs, sharp corners, quick openings, etc. in the details. These unreasonable parts can easily cause physical harm to people, especially children. Directly processing food on the kitchen cabinet may cause accidental ingestion of impurities, debris, etc. due to the quality of the countertop, which is also harmful to health. To avoid these problems, use high-quality hardware and select panels and countertops wisely.
reminds:
The quality of kitchen cabinet hardware has become an important symbol to distinguish the quality of kitchen cabinets. Kitchen cabinet doors need to be opened and closed thousands of times, so consumers must not save too much money when customizing kitchen cabinets.

3: How to choose environmentally friendly kitchen cabinets?

Choose a brand manufacturer

Generally, the after-sales quality of big brands is guaranteed, and the products of small workshops can easily cause problems such as lax edge sealing, so when choosing, you can choose reliable manufacturers, and keep receipts, invoices, etc.;

When checking the test report, the basis of environmental protection kitchen cabinets, request the merchant to provide the test report, and carefully compare the indicators;

Pay attention to hardware

In addition to environmental protection, we must also pay attention to the hardware of the kitchen cabinet. Generally, high-quality hardware has precision components inside, and inferior hardware is just the opposite.
After purchasing kitchen cabinets, timely carry out formaldehyde treatment, you can choose some coup to remove formaldehyde, decompose formaldehyde, benzene, TVOC efficiently as soon as possible, sterilize and inhibit bacteria, eliminate the odor of kitchen cabinets, and make your kitchen cabinets environmentally friendly and healthy.
Whether the kitchen cabinet is environmentally friendly or not is related to the health of our diet and seriously affects the body. When you buy kitchen cabinets, don't just listen to the side of the kitchen cabinet merchants, you must have the awareness and ability to distinguish environmental protection, so that you can choose the environmentally friendly kitchen cabinets that suit you.