Is resin furniture harmful to the human body?

When choosing furniture, everyone hopes to show their taste and improve their quality of life. A set of high-quality furniture can not only make everyone feel very comfortable, but also be beneficial to everyone's health. Many people choose to use resin furniture, which makes their home look very high-end and also makes their home look neat and comfortable. So, is resin furniture harmful to the human body?

Resins can be divided into natural resins and synthetic resins. Natural resin refers to amorphous organic matter obtained from secretions of animals and plants in nature, such as rosin, amber, shellac, etc. Synthetic resin refers to resin products obtained by chemical synthesis of simple organic matter or chemical reaction of certain natural products, such as phenolic resin, polyvinyl chloride resin, etc., among which synthetic resin is the main component of plastic.

An organic substance with an uncertain relative molecular weight but usually high, which is solid, intermediate solid, pseudo-solid, or sometimes liquid at room temperature. It has a softening or melting temperature range, has a tendency to flow under the action of external forces, and often breaks in a shell-like shape. In a broad sense, it refers to polymers or prepolymers used as plastic base materials. Generally insoluble in water, but soluble in organic solvents. According to their sources, they can be divided into natural resins and synthetic resins; according to their different processing characteristics, they can be divided into thermoplastic resins and thermosetting resins.

Simply put, in our daily lives, in addition to inorganic materials such as cement, stone, etc., the clothes we wear and the shoes on our feet are all made of resin materials, and resin is a high-molecular organic matter.

Is resin furniture harmful to health?

Resin furniture itself generally does not have a pungent smell. There is no styrene in it, only polystyrene. Polystyrene can be understood as a kind of plastic, and its properties are quite stable. If you feel that your resin furniture has a pungent odor, this odor is generally unrelated to the resin material. The source of the pungent odor is likely the smell of the paint applied by the furniture manufacturer to the resin furniture, or the smell of the board. Everyone knows that unqualified paint not only exceeds the formaldehyde standard, but also has a pungent smell. Let's talk about boards. Boards available in the furniture manufacturing industry are divided into three grades according to their formaldehyde emission: E0, E1 and E2. Boards with formaldehyde emission higher than E2 are unqualified products. Because the main material of resin furniture is not solid wood, it must be board, which will release harmful substances such as formaldehyde and benzene. Formaldehyde is colorless and odorless, and the main smell is organic matter such as benzene, so you roughly know what the smell is.

Therefore, if the paint and panels used in the resin furniture you choose are qualified, resin furniture will not harm human health.