What harm does formaldehyde do to the human body?

As our health awareness increases, many people have become increasingly aware of the serious harm that formaldehyde can cause to the human body. Especially in a newly renovated house, the formaldehyde concentration contained in various decoration materials is very high, which will be absorbed by our body without our knowledge, thus causing various diseases. So what specific harms does formaldehyde have on the human body? Let’s find out together!

1. Irritation: The main hazard of formaldehyde is irritation to the skin and mucous membranes. Formaldehyde is a protoplasmic toxic substance that can combine with high proteins and cause severe respiratory irritation and edema, eye irritation, and headache when inhaled in high concentrations.

2. Mutagenic effect: High concentration of formaldehyde is also a genotoxic substance. Experimental animals may develop nasopharyngeal tumors if they inhale high concentrations in the laboratory.

3. Outstanding symptoms: headache, dizziness, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, chest tightness, eye pain, sore throat, poor appetite, palpitations and insomnia, weight loss, memory loss and autonomic nervous system disorders. Long-term inhalation by pregnant women may cause fetal malformation or even death. Long-term inhalation by men may cause sperm malformation and death.

Prevention methods:

1. The best way is ventilation, which is the simplest, most economical and most effective method.

2. Plants have a strong ability to absorb formaldehyde, such as cactus, spider plant, reed, ivy, iron tree, chrysanthemum, etc. Generally speaking, plants with large leaves and herbs are better at absorbing formaldehyde, such as spider plants and tiger tail plants.

3. Activated carbon can be said to be the natural enemy of formaldehyde. Solid activated carbon has the characteristics of many pores and has a strong adsorption and decomposition effect on harmful substances such as formaldehyde. The smaller the activated carbon particles, the better the adsorption effect.

After reading the above content, I believe that everyone already knows the specific harms of formaldehyde to the human body. Does it sound a bit horrifying? In fact, as long as we pay a little attention to the details of life, everything will be fine. Open the windows more often to ventilate the room and keep the air circulating. You can also grow some large-leafed herbs indoors.