How many people will be poisoned by such slippers? You have one in your house, too. Throw it away.

Slippers are available in every family and worn by everyone, but just some time ago, a shoe factory in Jiangsu urgently recalled thousands of pairs of inflated slippers. What's wrong with these slippers?

What are inflatable slippers?

Blowing slippers are a new type of slippers based on PVC raw materials, which are foamed by blowing air at the same time of injection molding. such slippers have the advantages of comfort, beauty, high wear resistance, good toughness, large friction coefficient, good skid resistance and so on. However, none of the supermarket signs of the slippers are marked with the chemicals, but are simply marked as PVC materials.

Does marking the material mean that the slippers are all right? No!

The content of harmful substances exceeded the standard, and a shoe industry urgently recalled inflated slippers.

It is reported that last year, a shoe industry in Jiangsu Province urgently recalled 2260 pairs of inflatable slippers. The reason is that because the phthalate content of the upper flower, upper and sole of slippers exceeds the standard, the lead content of the sole exceeds the standard, which will seriously damage human health.

What are the hazards of substandard slippers

Excessive phthalate esters are harmful to men and children.

Phthalate esters are used to shape and fix the shape and are easily absorbed by the body through the skin. Studies have shown that phthalates play a role similar to estrogen in humans and animals, which can interfere with endocrine, reduce the amount of semen and sperm in men, low sperm motility, abnormal sperm morphology, and seriously lead to testicular cancer, in addition, it can also harm children's liver and kidneys, can also cause precocious puberty in children, and can even be said to be the "culprit" of male reproductive problems. Generally speaking, the worse the quality of raw materials, the higher the use of phthalates and the stronger the irritating taste.

Excessive lead affects children's intellectual development.

Lead is a kind of heavy metal that does great harm to human body. lead and its compounds will do harm to many systems, such as nerve, hematopoiesis, digestion, kidney, cardiovascular system and endocrine system. Lead can affect the growth and development of children, and may cause mental retardation, cognitive impairment, and even nerve damage.

Three tricks to help you pick out slippers

Have you ever noticed that some plastic slippers on the market, which are obviously new, give off a pungent smell, especially some cheap plastic slippers, which smell disgusting? Vendors say that the taste is mostly due to the mixing of "old materials". Then how to tell whether the slippers are qualified or not? The editor will teach you three tricks:

Look: too bright slippers, which often add too much color, this color mostly contains lead, cadmium and other heavy metals, greater harm to the human body.

Smell: don't buy anything with a pungent smell!

OK: it looks shiny and light, usually new material, heavy and heavy, mostly old material.

In addition, experts remind that children are in the period of physical development, buying children's shoes should pay attention to many aspects such as safety, functionality and fitness at the same time, so try not to choose children's shoes with low price and bright colors! For children's shoes, the upper material is light, comfortable, breathable cotton and leather, which is conducive to children's activities and foot development. As children are in a period of bone development, therefore, the shoe size should be appropriate, narrow will affect the development of foot muscles and ligaments, too large will affect walking and activities.