A faucet excessive levels of lead, the report detonated the bathroom market.
In mid-July, Shanghai TV broadcast of taps lead shadow program exposure, including nine animal husbandry, American Standard, Shenluda, Chaoyang bathroom, constant cleaning, Moen, too Erda, Roca, Grohe, including nine brand faucets excessive lead content, messages, an industry outcry.
The test data for the above TV stations do not have the testing laboratory qualification, test results with the Shanghai quality supervision department sampling results contradictions such facts have surfaced, but also let the tap lead poisoning incident becomes confusing.
And in someone's enterprises have issued a statement clarifying at the same time, more people in the industry directed Supor as poisonous lead door behind, which aims to promote the production of stainless steel faucet.
Poke hubbub, back to the product itself, what the major brands of faucets lead is exceeded, enterprises can be a witness someone's innocence, became the focus of Die Zeit reporter.
The reporter found through investigation, nine were exposed faucet companies, although most foreign enterprises declare their products meet industry standards, but only Grohe, Moen two foreign reporters to provide a detailed inspection report, while other 7 business places for various reasons refused to reporters since prove innocence.
As the investigation deepens, the reporter also found that lead poisoning incident behind the faucet is also a reflection of our current standards are not perfect. According to industry experts on the Weekly Times reporter revealed that the amount of precipitation of lead in tap standards, European standards are mandatory, but the country is only recommended standards.
Test results has been questioned
Shanghai TV seventh column in the July 14 first broadcast called tap lead shadow program, nine major brand bathroom faucet exposure excessive levels of lead.
Shenzhen Cheng Lin Sanitary Ware Co., Ltd. Board Office Cao Guoxiang saying the culminating event. Involved in the incident as the only listed company, its board of director of the Office Cao Guoxiang told the media that high levels of lead faucet not sold abroad only in domestic sales, the statement. Suddenly a public outcry.
Whether to set up test results become the focus of the outside world.
According to public view, the exposure of the test results by the Shanghai East China University of taps by 13 samples were obtained 32 hours after the experiment, the results show the nine brands of soaking water faucet lead content exceeds the national standard. Among them, the American standard, Shenluda, Chaoyang bathroom little excessive, constant clean bathroom, which was reached, exceeded the value of Moen in 2-6 times, while nine, animal husbandry and Grohe faucets excessive lead reached 18 times, the most serious musicians Brand lead precipitation amount is 173 mg / l, exceeding 34 times.
Worth pondering is that, on July 8th Shanghai Quality and Technical Supervision announced the faucets product quality supervision and inspection results. Sampling results showed that include constant cleaning, Moen, nine, animal husbandry, American Standard, too Erda, Shenluda, musicians, including seven brand products comply with the relevant standards. Substandard product list also does not include Grohe and sun bath.
Why two test reports drawn diametrically opposite conclusions?
Issued a statement that a number of brand products in lead content in line with national standards, questioned the seventh column exposure of the test report did not use professional testing methods, Shanghai East China University of Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory does not have state-certified Detection of qualification.
The focus of the event back to Shanghai Television seventh column.
It is reported that Shanghai television said the program group without making this test. The East China University claimed that the schools have never been this project testing, test results show that the East China University graduate as privately.
Die Zeit reporter made Shanghai Television seventh column group, no one answered the phone has been in the state.
It appears that the tap event seems to lead in the form of farce is ending, but it was odd that the incident so far, there is no trade association or any sanitary authority to make a statement and explanation. Rather than someone's business, in addition to a statement of foreign outside and did not produce any relevant test results of external proof of innocence.
In this regard, the National Federation of Furniture Industry Association Secretary-General Xie Xin Sanitary special committee, told reporters that over time they will be publicly clarify the incident.
The reporter also someone's right nine companies interviewed, but the results are very different.
Only two companies from prove innocence
Lead poisoning incident after exposure, for nine enormous impact on someone's enterprise products, Logically speaking, someone's business should soon release inspection reports, a witness innocence, but what is puzzling is that most enterprises in the After the statement, but it turned silent.
Reporters call Chaoyang bathroom, constant clean bathroom, the office staff are responsible travel products division refused to be interviewed. At press time, the reporter did not receive sun and constant cleaning respect any response.
American Standard said in a statement, American Standard faucets manufactured products are sold stand including China Quality Certification Center, Shanghai Building Materials and Component Quality Supervision and Inspection Station, including a third country authorities rigorous testing, full compliance with national standards. If necessary, you can share relevant test report.
It is surprising that, when reporters call the American Standard China headquarters in Shanghai, the related staff but for various reasons, refused to reporters to produce the relevant test report.
The reporter called nine, animal husbandry, Shenluda, musician, too and reached four sanitary enterprises, the other directly rejected a reporter's interview.
Grohe and Moen stakeholders in an interview with reporters, said that the company reported that aired after the product sent with national certification qualification testing center.
It is reported, we quite unexpected company quickly issued a statement on the microblogging, while on July 17 the product submission. Grohe PR department official told reporters. Grohe six production bases are located overseas, products simultaneously through the EU testing standards.
Their response to a reporter from the State Building Materials Industry Building Hardware Plumbing Product Quality Supervision and Testing Center test report issued shows: Grohe submission of three sets of model numbers 32321 kitchen faucet is detected items as Lead precipitation statistics Q value 1 , the test results for the 5 micrograms, lower than the national standard requirements related to no more than 11 micrograms of standard requirements, test results meet the standards. As for the Shanghai Television seventh column mentioned soaking water lead levels, the report did not mention.
Indeed, the precipitation of lead and immersion water statistics belong to two different lead standards.
A domestic Quality Supervision and Inspection Center, told reporters that the current domestic taps involving heavy metals standards GB / T 17219-1998 in drinking water equipment and protective materials safety evaluation criteria, JC / T 1043-2007 Tap Lead precipitation limited and HJ / T 411-2007 Technical Requirements for Environmental Labeling Products Tap and other standards. These standards issued by different departments, all of the taps precipitated heavy metals to make a clear request.
Technical requirements for environmental labeling products Tap provides some contact with water faucets precipitation amount of lead should not exceed 5μg / L. Tap Lead precipitation limited standard is clearly defined lead test statistic is not greater than 11μg / L.
At present, the domestic implementation of the standard has not yet introduced a mandatory uniform.
Moen Chinese official also told reporters that, faucets generally use 95 copper production, copper faucet use is relatively healthy, more mature. As long as the metal will lead, use the process does not harm the human body within the scope of this standard on the line. Things for this company conducted a survey of schools admit done this experiment, but did not issue any relevant reports. The media coverage of the report, where is that we do not know, Moen also inspected the product again.
Moen produced by the National Environmental Analysis Test Center test report issued show, Moen faucets detectable amount of precipitation less than 5 micrograms of lead, in line with national standards. Reporter query CNCA website and found the report is issued to obtain national certification testing organizations.
Standards to be perfect faucet
Brass faucet material reasons are as lead, it will appear in the course of the phenomenon of lead extraction.
Taps safety can not simply be defined by whether the lead. National Federation of Furniture Industry Association Secretary-General Xie Xin Sanitary special committee told reporters. Now the whole world, including Europe and the United States of any one brand, as long as there is a brass faucet problems lead extraction. From the production process, the selection of raw materials, product control, including drinking water system, without jeopardizing the entire mass reaches a level of people's daily life, this faucet is safe.
In fact, no lead but can not be directly linked with the security.
Leaded brass faucets and other faucets texture containing other heavy metals is a concept to promote Supor stainless steel faucet will manganese, chromium and other heavy metals. Once exceeded, is also hazardous to human health.
Mature technology, improve management standards makes brass faucet faucet still has other materials can not match advantage.
Jiumu Guangzhou, a dealer told reporters, the current copper faucet continues to occupy the main market.
Chaoyang bathroom an insiders also told reporters that the full use of its brass faucet products as raw material. The reason is copper faucet production process more mature. Stainless steel faucet, while not free, but the other is still difficult and copper faucets.
It is understood that, at present, whether it is Europe or our country, most of them are on the market copper taps. The main material is brass faucet copper and zinc, commonly known as brass faucets in the process of production has become necessary to add a small amount of lead, in order to improve cutting brass. If the faucet made completely without adding lead, would only difficulty cutting, forging and poor performance, even if the finished products, also due to poor resistance to stress corrosion cracking caused.
Compared to other materials, copper can quickly kill superbugs like MRSA, and so bacteria can not produce antibodies. Brass faucet wall will not breed bacteria.
The faucet lead exceeded is behind the incident reflects the lack of management standards.
National Building Hardware Plumbing Product Quality Supervision and Testing Center Deputy Director Shi Hongwei pointed out that the lead content of faucets standard within the recommended standards, not enforced. Thus, even more than the standard, can still be sold in the market. And very early on the faucet abroad lead standards were strict rules.
The phenomenon of excessive lead in the industry does exist, but mostly in small and medium enterprises who have partly due to the lack of unified management of mandatory standards. Xie Xin expressed.
Perhaps affected by this incident, the current state revised ceramic seal faucets national mandatory standards has entered the final review of the implementation of the standards will further improve the domestic faucet market.
Source: Online Education Events