The invasion of A feeling caused a sudden increase in wearing masks this winter, making this market hidden dangers. Reporters visited found that jewelry stores have surpassed pharmacies to become the main sales channels for masks, and printing masks have replaced gauze masks as the mainstream. However, the standard of printed masks is not clear enough to become a flaw in a beautiful mask.

[Question] Beauty and Odor coexist

“We always want to wear a pretty little dress, but we always feel guilty.” Wang Chun, who lives in Heping District, Shenyang, works in a car sales shop in Dadong District. When she entered the winter, she wanted to be different. She chose an individual mask, but what troubled her was the unbearable taste of the mask. "Maybe it's too sensitive to me. I've changed several things. There are tastes. There is no way!"

The trouble that brought to Wang Chun is the print mask that is now on the market. According to a survey conducted by reporters, several jewelry stores in the North Sanjing Street of Shenyang City are covered with colorful print masks, printed with flowers, Donald Duck and other designs, and they really like people. The boss introduced that the price of these printed masks is generally between 3 and 5 yuan. "The most expensive is 5 dollars, the best quality."

The reporter bought a so-called "best-quality mask" for 5 yuan. She just wore a shallow ink smell. After seeing the packaging, most of the masks did not even have basic packaging, and they did not mark the name of the factory and raw material ingredients. Quality is worrying.

The shopkeeper said: “These masks are all from the regular place, and the quality is absolutely fine.” But it was asked from what channel these masks came from. The shop owners flashed their words and eventually they did not give a clear reply.

The Wuai Market is the main source of purchase of masks sold in Shenyang market. It is located in the western side of the market with dozens of stalls all operating under the so-called “fashion masks”. The masks seen in the jewelry shop can be seen here. Both solid colors, but also with a variety of patterns. There are a few simple packaging, most of which are not individually packaged. A large bag is packed in black plastic bags and stacked on the ground.

The reporter asked about the price as a wholesaler. "The 5 cents of a solid color, 100 or more can be cheaper, and the kind of printing is a bit more expensive. It costs 6 cents, and the more you want, the cheaper the price. During the reporter's inquiry, the owner of the shop had already traded several single businesses, and four or five hundred masks that were not yet qualified had flown into the market.

[Hazard] is not easy to prevent bacteria and pathogenic disease

If the mask meets the relevant requirements, it should be breathable, the fabric is hygienic and safe, and it can protect the human body from heat and dust.

However, the printed fashion masks do not have the anti-bacterial effect of medical masks. Because medical masks require more than 16 layers, and there are strict regulations on the use of materials, transportation, preservation, and disinfection of masks, and most of the fashion masks on the streets are two or three layers, and the number of mask layers is less than four layers, basically no barrier. The role of germs, if you use inferior fabrics, might as well not wear.

More serious is its printing and dyeing ingredients. "Printed masks should have been dyed and dyed, but many small workshops nowadays use the paint process to produce them. This has great potential risks," said Zhang, an engineer at a large printing and dyeing company in Zhejiang. “Compared to dyes, coatings are inorganic and are more likely to fall off. Masks are products that directly contact the oral cavity and can cause great damage to health. If the quality of the coating used is not too high, it can easily cause illness.”

The doctor reminds consumers that although the printed mask looks good, it has not been strictly disinfected and does not have the anti-bacterial effect of a medical mask. On the other hand, some masks are rough because the workmanship, the inside and outside fabrics are made of polyester fibers, and the filling is a foam sponge, such masks are neither warm nor dust, but will absorb dust, some suffering from rhinitis, high allergies, Asthmatic people wearing this mask may also worsen the condition. In particular, some colorful cartoon masks, due to the presence of certain chemical components in the dyeing agents, will pose a threat to human health after long-term use.

[Market] cutting corners cheap

"Now the little girl likes colorful things, masks do not look good, who still buys?" said one Lee, who came to stock five times. Li Bo operates a small supermarket in United East Road, Dadong District, and usually sells various small accessories and mobile phone accessories. Why don't you buy gauze masks? Li said: “Now the gauze masks are white. Young people don’t like it. It’s not easy to sell. Doesn’t it mean that young people buy masks?”

The reason why the price is also an important reason for the seller to consider, this time, five to love Lee boss suddenly entered more than 80 masks. "This pattern of 6 hairs will be returned in batches. Selling two pieces of three will not be sold. If you enter the white gauze, you will get more than 1 yuan each and it will not look good. Who will buy it? We are not a pharmacy!"

Why is the mask beautiful and cheap? The reporter interviewed a manufacturer of masks in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, and the staff told the reporter, “Our production is subject to strict standards. For example, our disinfection is based on the use of ethylene oxide technology for sterilization. This is now the most advanced. Technology.If printing, the process requirements will be higher. Now most of the production of printing masks are small workshops, it is impossible to achieve sterilization standards, the price is naturally low."

The staff member stated that the ex-factory price of the company's six-layer mask series is now 1.8 yuan. “The cost of a typical multi-layer mask comes mainly from the filter material in the mask. The effect of the number of layers on the cost of the mask is not great. However, due to the recent increase in raw materials, the cost of masks has risen somewhat. Therefore, the price of masks has also increased.”

[doubt] ordinary standard lack of anti-standard fashion

As early as April of the end of April 2003, the country issued the national standard for the first time to ordinary defatted gauze masks and medical masks. The specifications of length, number of layers, density, soluble matter in water, fluorescent substance, microbiological index, etc. of the ordinary defatted gauze mask have clear technical requirements.

The issuance of standards provides a technical basis for strengthening supervision and management of mask production. Even so, during the sampling process in several provinces and cities this year, the problem of ordinary gauze masks is worrying. In mid-October of this year, the Quality Supervision Bureau of Shanxi Province conducted supervision and spot checks on masks, and the pass rate was only 50%. In Shaanxi Province, in mid-August 2009, quality inspections were performed on ordinary non-absorbent gauze masks, with a pass rate of only 40.7%.

With the demand of individualized people, various kinds of printing masks gradually occupy the main market. It is not clear whether the original standards are applicable to printing masks. Market surveillance of printed masks is even less relevant.

"For masks, we already have the relevant standards to regulate, and now the printing mask that is on the market is full, if it is made of gauze, it must comply with the existing standards. But now most of the masks sold on the market are not Gauze fabrics do not belong to the defatted gauze masks that are required by current standards, so it is impossible to regulate them with the current regulations!"

According to a person in charge of the Department of Fiber Inspection of Henan Province, there is currently no national standard for general masks. The supervision of ordinary masks is based on the "National Basic Safety Technical Specifications for Textile Products" and "Usage Instructions for Textiles and Garments".

According to the official's argument, textile products fall into three categories: category A is infant and child products, category B is products that directly contact the skin, and category C is products that do not directly contact the skin. Masks, as products that directly contact the skin, can only be classified as B. "Socks, bed sheets, shorts... These are all Type B." The person in charge pointed to the "National Basic Safety Technical Specification for Textile Products" and said, "This is equivalent to saying that the safety technical standards of ordinary masks are the same as those of socks."

Liu Baoqin, deputy dean of Children’s Hospital of Zhengzhou City, once said: “The purpose of people wearing masks is to block the transmission of germs, so even ordinary masks cannot lose these basic functions. Otherwise, there is a difference between it and the collar. Strictly speaking, Say, masks should be included in the scope of medical devices for supervision, even if it is not a medical device, its safety and technical standards and can not be equivalent to ordinary textiles, because the mask is exposed to the body most susceptible to bacteria invasion of the organ, the requirements of its health standards should be More stringent. Therefore, the state should introduce production standards for special textiles such as masks."