Brighteners can not have? Brighteners can have?

Recently, the “China’s counterfeit first person,” Wang Hai’s rumors of the “Blue Moon” and its spokesperson, Yang Lan, have quickly exposed the strange word “fluorescent whitening agent” to the public.

The "Blue Moon" incident is simply a battle for contention between the two sides on the use of "fluorescent whitening agents".

What is "fluorescent brightener"?

Fluorescent brightener English name is Fluorescent Brightener, it is a fluorescent dye, or white dye, is also a complex organic compound. Its characteristic is that it can excite the incident light to produce fluorescence, so that the dyed material can get the sparkling effect similar to that of the fluorite, so that the substance seen by the naked eye is very white and achieves the effect of whitening. Mainly used to improve the whiteness of fabrics and paper.

Both parties said that Wang Hai: Brightener cannot have fluorescent whitening agent is a qualitative chemical toxicant (code: HX82) classified by the National Safety Supervision and Administration Bureau “Occupational Disease Hazard Classification Table”, which has been confirmed to contain carcinogenic effects. Wang Hai believes that under the premise of containing carcinogenic substances, the blue moon laundry liquid not only does not indicate warning information, but also has a label of “safety and environmental protection”. It also explicitly states that “infant clothing and underwear are also applicable”. And he said that some consumers had reflected it before, and children cried after wearing clothes washed with Blue Moon laundry detergent. Therefore, Wang Hai sued the Blue Moon company through false propaganda and infringed on consumers' right to know and choose.

Blue Moon: Brighteners can be targeted at Wang Hai, Blue Moon Company responded, Blue Moon Deep Cleansing Laundry Liquid (bright white brightening) The fluorescent brightener used is styrene biphenyl CBS-X, which is in line with The type of fluorescent whitening agent specified in the industry standard “QB/T2953-2008 Optical Brightener for Detergents” issued by the National Development and Reform Commission on March 12, 2008. At the same time, the Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangdong Provincial Quality Supervision Daily Chemical Products Inspection Station has issued a test report for this product. Test results prove that the product quality is qualified and non-irritating.

Is "Fluorescent Brightener" safe in the end?

According to clinical medical experiments, fluorescent substances can cause variability in cells, and the variable fluorescent substances can receive electromagnetic waves or radiation having shorter visible light wavelengths than ultraviolet rays, and convert these energy into visible light with longer wavelengths. In this way, if there is an overexposure to the fluorescer, there may be a potential carcinogenic factor. Although there is currently no evidence that the absorption of fluorescent agents is harmful to the human body, fluorescent agents are still listed as one of the potential carcinogenic factors.

Blue Moon has also admitted that fluorescent brighteners contain carcinogens. However, the blue moon in the propaganda emphasized that the fluorescent whitening agent used in the brightening liquid is CBS. CBS is one of the fluorescent whitening agents that can be used in laundry detergents in the industry standard “QB/T2953-2008 Optical Brightener for Detergents” issued by the National Development and Reform Commission of the People's Republic of China in 2008. Environmental protection. CBS is also widely used in high-grade laundry detergents in a number of developed countries. For this reason, "Blue Moon" company also listed a large number of foreign official reports. For example, the EU detergent association (A.I.S.E) issued a safety evaluation report in 2003: CBS is safe for use in laundry detergents. The Japan Soap and Detergent Industry Association (JSDA) published in 2007 a “Risk Assessment of Human Health and Environmental Impacts”: CBS is safe to humans and the environment.

It can be said that in the course of the development of this matter, both parties have come up with a large amount of scientific evidence. The arguments are well-organized. Perhaps it is precisely because there is no scientific conclusion on the carcinogenic criteria of fluorescent whitening agents. Both sides disputed endlessly.

Some experts pointed out that “the key to similar incidents is that the national standards for laundry detergent are also drafted by manufacturers of laundry detergents.” Since the standards are set by the manufacturers, it is understandable that the public is sceptical. Since the incidents have occurred repeatedly, do we need to think more about the procedures for the establishment of industry standards and why the road to standardization has been so slow?

Regardless of the outcome of the incident, we hope that this is not a turmoil in the so-called ambitions of business people; we also hope that this is a "customer first" era, and that any company should always remember "consumer interests" during the development process. One of the content: security. That is to ensure the personal safety and health of consumers when they purchase, use or receive services.