‘June 1’ International Children's Day is coming, children's clothing ushered in a new round of consumption peak. A wide range of children's clothing is increasingly favoured by parents. However, there is no lack of children's clothing in a variety of hidden safety hazards, Yike Textile Laboratory to collect and collate information in recent years related to the safety of children's clothing technical requirements, to remind parents in the purchase of children's clothing, we must be rational consumption, safe consumption, and the children to spend a happy and joyful Children's Day together!

Children's clothing main sampling test items: fiber composition and content, decomposition of carcinogenic aromatic amine dyes, formaldehyde content, pH value, colour fastness to perspiration (acid, alkali), colour fastness to friction (dry, wet), colour fastness to (soap) washing, accessible sharp points, rope requirements and other project testing.

I. pH value failure

If the pH value of textiles is too high, it will destroy the weak acidic environment on the surface of human skin, children's skin is delicate, PH value failure will stimulate the skin, prone to itching, allergy symptoms.

Second, colour fastness failure

Failure of colour fastness not only affects the service life of the product, contamination of other clothing and poor colour fastness of the product in the wearing process, encounter rain, sweat fabrics on the pigment shedding and fading, dye molecules and heavy metal ions, etc. may be absorbed through the skin by the human body and endanger human health.

Third, the fibre content and content failure

Fibre content relates to whether the textiles are real, children's clothing raw material fibre is an important factor in determining the value of the wrong label or label easily mislead consumers.

Fourth, the product instructions failed

Manufacturer's name and address, product name, product model or specification, fibre composition and content, maintenance methods, implementation of product standards, safety category, these information is missing. Product use instructions information, inaccurate, incomplete, easy to mislead consumers.

Shopping Tips

1, check the instructions for use information

When buying children's products, check the hangtag in the information label is comprehensive, whether the form is standardised, whether there are specifications number type, product standards, fibre content, maintenance methods, safety categories and other information.

2, avoid buying clothes with too many decorations such as ropes, straps, sequins, beads and so on, resulting in small children are easy to be entangled, scratched, accidental risk.

3, smell

Smell whether the product has an irritating odour, if there is an abnormal irritating odour, it is likely to contain volatile hazardous substances, shopping needs to be careful, avoid some of the accessories more clothes.

4, pay attention to the quality of children's clothing fabrics

Observe and touch the texture of the fabric, feel, to determine whether wearing comfort, baby clothing is better to buy all or most of the cotton natural fibre products, clothing should be no obvious blemishes and stains, as far as possible to choose lighter colours, fewer patterns of clothing products.

 5, to invoice

When you buy a car in a shop or on an e-commerce platform, you should ask for an invoice so that you can defend your rights in the future.

Tips for use

1, newly purchased baby clothing products may have a slight floating colour and taste on the surface, it is recommended to clean before use. In the maintenance method, children's clothing should choose to wash, do not dry cleaning, especially 3 years old and younger infants and children's clothing, because dry cleaning after dry cleaning agent residue is easy to stimulate the delicate skin of children.

2, although the sun can sterilise, but it is not recommended that exposure to the sun, white fabrics are easy to yellow after exposure to the sun, you need to dry in a ventilated place.