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Pillow is the most intimate pal for people since sweet sleeping cannot without a proper and cozy pillow. In recent years, latex pillows becomes popular all over the world because of its e-co friendly, good permeability, effective relief of cervical vertebra discomfort and improvement of sleep quality. But do you really know them? How is a latex pillow made? And how many different types of chemical substances were added in a pillow? Let’s make it clear together.

While latex pillow manufacturers announce that their products are 100% natural with over 95% latex content a latex pillow can not be totally natural since latex has to mixed with other chemical substances to be formed. So it would be unavoidable that latex pillow contains chemical substances such as formaldehyde, organic volatiles, nitrosamine and so on. So we must be careful when choosing a latex pillow.

Formaldehyde

Formaldehyde is an organic chemical substance, and its chemical formula is HCHO. It is a colorless gas with pungent smell, which has irritating effects on human eyes and nose, and has strong carcinogenic and mutagenic effects. Formaldehyde is listed in the list of carcinogens published by the International Agency for Research on Cancer of the World Health Organization.

PH

Textile products need to be processed with various acids, alkalis, salts and other chemicals in the process of dyeing and finishing, resulting in certain acidity and alkalinity of products. However, if the pH value of textile products is too high or too low, it may destroy the acidic protective layer of human skin (pH value 5.5-6.0), endanger human health, and cause skin redness, itching and even infection.

Heavy metals

Heavy metals generally refer to lead, mercury, chromium, cadmium, selenium, barium, arsenic and other metal elements, which are cumulative, food chain transferable and difficult to degrade. After entering the human body, heavy metals will interact strongly with proteins and enzymes, which will make them lose their activity, and may also accumulate in some organs of the human body, resulting in chronic poisoning. For example, excessive lead can damage the central nervous system, kidneys and immune system of human body (especially children), and there is a risk of cancer.

Organic volatiles

Organic volatiles are generally the components of residual solvents in product manufacturing, which can be divided into halogenated hydrocarbons (such as carbon tetrachloride), aromatic hydrocarbons (such as naphthalene and xylene), olefins (such as tetrachloroethylene), aldehydes (such as formaldehyde) and so on according to their chemical structure. These organic volatiles will not only be absorbed into the body through respiratory tract, but also have excellent miscibility with water. During the use of products, they will migrate to saliva or sweat and be absorbed by human body through skin and digestive tract, and the harmful substances in them may endanger human health.

Phthalate

Phthalate is an important plasticizer in the production of rubber and plastic products, which can effectively increase the plasticity, flexibility or expansibility of products. However, phthalate is a kind of environmental estrogen substance, which has reproductive and developmental toxicity. It can affect the normal secretion of hormones in human body, especially children's development, and leads to precocious puberty, obesity, neurobehavioral, learning disabilities and immune disorders.

N-nitrosamines

Among more than 300 kinds of N-nitrosamines studied by human beings, more than 90% have carcinogenic effects on animals.

Phenol, bisphenol A and other phenolic compounds

Phenol, bisphenol A and other phenolic compounds are widely used in fiber, auxiliaries, dyes and other fields, and are also used as preservatives and fungicides. Phenol is teratogenic and mutagenic, and can enter human body through skin and respiratory tract, causing damage to central nervous system, respiratory system, liver and kidney. Bisphenol A is an endocrine disruptor, which has estrogen-like effect. Bisphenol A is not easy to degrade, and it can be enriched in human body. Furthermore it can cause a series of adverse effects on endocrine system, nervous system, immune system and reproductive system, and may cause precocious puberty and reproductive organ defects in children.

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Some polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) have potential carcinogenic, teratogenic and mutagenic characteristics, which can bring great harm to the ecological environment and human health through bioaccumulation and food chain transmission amplification.

Tips for choosing latex pillow

In view of the current production process of latex pillow, the content of natural rubber of high-quality latex pillow can reach about 90%. So if the latex merchants announce that their latex pillow boast over 95% latex, you should go for the next.

High quality latex pillow has a light resin fragrance, and if it has other odor, it must be added to the chemical substances. And you can fetch a little from the fillings to test its PH or other potential chemical substances.

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