The harm of formaldehyde to human body

Many people actually do not understand what kind of harm formaldehyde can do to the human body. In fact, if people are directly exposed to formaldehyde, it will cause various diseases. This will cause our skin to gradually lose some moisture, leading to dry skin. Formaldehyde may also enter the human body through the respiratory tract, causing the respiratory organs to suffer from some diseases.

Formaldehyde can cause allergic dermatitis, pigmentation, and necrosis. When human skin comes into direct contact with formaldehyde or is in an environment with high concentration of formaldehyde, our skin will gradually lose moisture, develop wrinkles, reduce sweat secretion, hinder the body's normal metabolism, clog pores, and cause acne. More seriously, it may cause skin itching and ulceration, and small blood spots.

Formaldehyde can be absorbed by the human body through the respiratory tract and skin and cause poisoning, leading to headaches, nausea, chest tightness, drowsiness, tremors, changes in blood and hematopoietic function, and effects on the nervous system, liver, kidneys, and immune system.

The harmful effects of formaldehyde also include irritation to the skin and mucous membranes. Formaldehyde is a protoplasmic toxic substance that can combine with protein. Formaldehyde concentration greater than 0.08m3 can cause red eyes, itchy eyes, throat discomfort or pain, hoarseness, sneezing, chest tightness, asthma, dermatitis, etc.

When high concentrations of formaldehyde are inhaled into the human body, the respiratory tract will be severely irritated, inducing bronchial asthma, chest tightness, edema and other immune system disorders, affecting the central nervous function and possibly the digestive system. In severe cases, it can damage the liver and hematopoietic function.

Formaldehyde in high concentrations is a genotoxic substance. Experimental animals may develop nasopharyngeal tumors if they inhale high concentrations in the laboratory.

Formaldehyde can cause significant damage to human cell proteins and the retina, and can lead to abnormalities in the lungs, liver and immune functions. It is listed as a suspected carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. Studies have shown that formaldehyde has strong carcinogenic and cancer-promoting effects.

Long-term inhalation of formaldehyde can cause respiratory problems, so you need to pay more attention.

The standard value of indoor formaldehyde is 0.08mg/m3, but for children, their resistance is very weak. When the concentration reaches 0.06-0.07mg/m3 per cubic meter of air, children will have mild asthma; when the formaldehyde content in indoor air is 0.1mg/m3, people will feel odor and discomfort. So leave that environment as soon as possible and use some formaldehyde removal methods.

In fact, the main way to remove formaldehyde is to ventilate more and grow some plants. Plants have a slight effect on absorbing formaldehyde, but looking at them will make you feel happy. At the same time, using some materials like leaf mud and activated carbon are very good. There are many tiny pores in the materials, so they can absorb a lot of formaldehyde.