The home is all solid wood furniture, and the smell is very strong, is the formaldehyde excessive?

In ordinary life, there are many people who encounter such a situation when buying solid wood furniture for a renovated house: the smell of solid wood furniture that has just been bought back is very strong. Because the smell is very strong, many people will worry about whether it will cause harm to human health, and some people question whether it is because of excessive formaldehyde?

Speaking of formaldehyde, let's first understand what formaldehyde is? Formaldehyde is a chemical substance, it is a colorless gas with a special pungent odor, which has a stimulating effect on human eyes, nose, etc.

So is formaldehyde harmful to humans? Formaldehyde is very harmful to the human body, especially to the elderly and children. However, the harm of formaldehyde is relatively hidden, but its biggest harm is to destroy the body's immune system, so that the body's immunity is weakened and susceptible to various diseases; Formaldehyde can also cause chromosomal mutations in human cells and cancerous cells.

The harm of formaldehyde in the elderly is mainly manifested in susceptibility to respiratory diseases; The harm of formaldehyde in children is manifested in: skin redness and allergies, difficulty breathing, nosebleeds, and severe sepsis or leukemia.

So the smell of newly bought solid wood furniture is very strong, is it because of excessive formaldehyde? For the solid wood furniture that has just been bought, there will be some smell, as for the smell is very strong, it may also be excessive formaldehyde, because some solid wood furniture is not from the regular manufacturer, and there may be solid wood furniture fake. However, even solid wood furniture contains a small amount of formaldehyde, and the most important thing for us to know whether formaldehyde exceeds the standard is to find professionals to test it with an instrument.

How to quickly remove formaldehyde when newly bought furniture is placed in a renovated house? In fact, the easiest way to remove formaldehyde is to let the indoor air circulate, because formaldehyde is a volatile substance, so that we can use this to open all doors and windows in the room to maintain air convection inside and outside the house; Secondly, taking advantage of the fact that formaldehyde is easily soluble in water, we can also put a basin of salt water in each room to let the water absorb a lot of pungent odors.

Finally, even if the odor in the house is eliminated, it does not mean that the formaldehyde in the house does not exceed the standard, and we still have to ask a professional to do a formaldehyde test.

Or buy some formaldehyde scavengers and activated carbon packets to remove formaldehyde.

Generally speaking, no, there are special cases.

Generally, the smell of furniture is heavy, indicating that there will be a big quality problem, and the smell of paint that is generally more environmentally friendly is relatively small, and the smell is relatively soft, and it will not produce a pungent and unpleasant odor.