What harm does wallpaper do to the human body

Nowadays, when many people buy a house and decorate it, they no longer simply paint the walls and call it a day. Instead, they will find some decoration companies to decorate their houses according to their own preferences. Of course, many people will choose to put up wallpaper when decorating the walls, because there are so many styles of wallpaper now, and there are always many styles that they like. Although wallpaper is beautiful, it can cause certain harm to your health.

Hazard 1

Among the wallpapers currently sold in the market, except for a small number of expensive imported wallpapers, the vast majority are made of synthetic materials, that is, plastic, rubber powder, fiber, etc. Once they encounter a variety of harmful gases produced by high temperatures, they will cause great harm to the human body.

Hazard 2

Usually, wallpaper will start to show signs of dampness, mold, degumming, cracking, fading and whitening within 1 to 3 years. Especially in southern regions such as Guangdong, due to the humid weather, a series of mold phenomena may begin to appear in less than half a year.

In rainy season and humid weather, it is very easy to cause wall mold. The mold is hidden inside the wallpaper and cannot be washed or wiped. It will emit spores through the wallpaper, which is harmful to human health, especially for people with asthma and physical allergies.

Hazard 4

The seams of wallpaper are prone to warping, and the edges are coming apart due to shrinkage, which is difficult to repair. This is also a problem that cannot be solved at present. It not only affects the appearance but also accumulates dust.

Hazard 5

Wallpaper is an organic dye and is unstable in nature. In areas that are humid, exposed to sunlight, or exposed to light, the color will drift. After half a year, the areas exposed to light will be one color, and the areas not exposed will be another color.

Judging from the composition of wallpaper, wallpaper itself contains many harmful substances:

Wallpaper itself releases volatile organic compounds, such as toluene, xylene, formaldehyde, etc., which all come from the wallpaper base paper. During the wallpaper production process, the raw material formaldehyde process and formaldehyde reduction process will leave residual free formaldehyde.

Due to reasons such as raw materials, process formulas, etc., especially polyvinyl chloride wallpaper (PVC wallpaper), harmful substances such as lead, barium, cadmium, chromium, mercury, and vinyl chloride may remain, posing a threat to human health. These heavy metal harmful substances are very harmful to the nervous system, cardiovascular system and genetics, especially to children.