Benzene in homes and office buildings mainly comes from the use of a large number of chemical raw materials in architectural decoration, such as paints, fillers and various solvents, all contain a large number of organic compounds, and are distributed to interiors after renovation. Among them, one of the most harmful is "benzene"!
Benzene-based pollutants are organic substances that are harmful to human health. “Gong Dewei, the person in charge of indoor environmental quality inspection institutions in Shaanxi Province pointed out that benzene series represented by benzene, toluene, xylene, etc. are colorless gases with special aromatic odors, and are widely used in paints, adhesives, waterproof coatings, and Among the items related to this kind of product, in the cold winter, poisoning occurs frequently in households of new houses, and the main culprit is the benzene series that are not yet volatile.
I. Main sources of organic compoundsMainly in the following kinds of decorative materials:
1. Paint: Benzene compounds mainly evaporate from the paint;
2, the day that water, thinner: a large number of additives in paint coatings, such as decoration known as the day that water and thinner, the main ingredients are benzene, toluene, xylene.
3, a variety of adhesives: some families to buy a sofa to release a large amount of benzene, mainly due to the production of high-benzene adhesive;
4, waterproof material: In particular, some with the original powder plus thinner material formulated into a waterproof coating, 15 hours after the operation test, indoor air benzene content exceeds the maximum allowable concentration of 14.7 times.
5. Some low-grade and counterfeit paints are important reasons for the excessive benzene content in indoor air.