Why do cotton masks have fluorescent agents?

Updated on healthy 2024-08-12
6 answers
  1. Anonymous users2024-02-16

    Cloth masks contain fluorescent agents.

    The most common phenomenon is the white inner layer of the mouth layer, because the natural color of the cotton cloth is a little yellow, it does not look good, so many businesses use fluorescent agents to bleach the yellowed cotton cloth into a beautiful white cotton cloth in order to be beautiful, so that the appearance is better, and the image is better, but there are major quality hazards, and the fluorescent agent is a carcinogen. At present, more than 90% of the mask factories in China are small factories or family workshops with a monthly production capacity of less than 2 million or just a production workshop of a large factory, which is not focused on the research and development and production of mask products, resulting in lax control of product raw materials or because it is unprofessional and unable to distinguish what kind of materials are harmless materials, so a large number of white cotton cloth containing fluorescent agents is used for the inner layer of masks, including well-known brands such as 3m, Only a very small number of professional brands such as Lanhe masks in China, all products such as Lanhe cotton masks and Lanhe disposable masks produced by Lanhe cotton masks do not contain fluorescent agents.

  2. Anonymous users2024-02-15

    It can make the fabric white and pure. It has excellent fastness to washing, light and sublimation.

    Fluorescent brightener ER (brightener PS-1) performance and use The intensity is 1003 of the standard, the color and light are similar to the standard, non-ionic, and evenly dispersed in water. This product is used for whitening polyester and polyester-cotton blended fabrics. The fabrics treated with it have high whiteness and pure color.

    It has excellent naissant washability, light fastness and sublimation fastness.

    In order to make clothes look more colorful, fluorescent agents have become a must for almost every daily chemical manufacturer. Fluorescent brighteners can absorb ultraviolet light in sunlight, and then convert ultraviolet light into blue fluorescence visible to the naked eye, so as to make up for and enhance the visual yellowing caused by the absorption of blue light by white substrates (such as fabrics, paper, etc.), making clothes, paper, etc. look whiter and more vivid.

  3. Anonymous users2024-02-14

    It may be mixed in during processing, or it may be to make the cotton look whiter.

    Fluorescent brightener is a fluorescent dye and a complex organic compound whose characteristic is that it can produce blue fluorescence, which can make the substance visible to the naked eye very white.

    Test whether ** contains fluorescent brightener, open the package of **, and then put it under the "ZF-C three-purpose ultraviolet analyzer", use ultraviolet light** to see if it will emit bright blue light, if so, indicate that ** contains fluorescent agent. If you don't have an ultraviolet analyzer, you can use an ultraviolet flashlight, an ultraviolet money detector pen, etc.

    Fluorescent-containing ** shows a very large area of bright blue when irradiated with ultraviolet light. If you come into contact with the liquid slightly, it will adhere to the fluorescent agent, and if you take it, you will also have fluorescence. After rinsing your hands with water three times, the fluorescent agent on your hands still emits a strong bright blue light under ultraviolet light, and it is almost not washed off.

    Switch to hand sanitizer 3 times, and after irradiation, your hands also emit blue light, but the effect is slightly better than that of clean water. Washing with a facial cleanser is almost as effective as a hand sanitizer, but it does not completely remove the fluorescent light that remains on your hands.

  4. Anonymous users2024-02-13

    Hello! It won't be for the sake of a better look!

  5. Anonymous users2024-02-12

    After the fluorescent mask is cleaned, there will still be a fluorescent agent in it, which cannot be completely removed.

    1. After washing the mask, there will be a lot less fluorescent agent, but there are many textiles that are bleached and dyed with fluorescent agent, all of which are fluorescent agents and cannot be cleaned.

    2. The fluorescent agent on the mask, although it will be reduced through cleaning, but it cannot reduce the harm of the fluorescent agent to the human body.

  6. Anonymous users2024-02-11

    1. There will be a lot less washing, but there are many textiles that are bleached and dyed with fluorescent agents, all of which are fluorescent agents and cannot be cleaned.

    2. The reason why cotton masks contain fluorescent agents: the most common phenomenon of cotton masks containing fluorescent agents is the white inner layer of the mouth layer, because the natural color of cotton cloth is a little yellowish and does not look good, so many businesses use fluorescent agents to bleach the yellowed cotton cloth into beautiful white cotton cloth in order to be beautiful, so that the appearance is better and the image is better, but there are major quality hazards, and fluorescent agents are carcinogens. At present, more than 90% of the mask factories in China are small factories or family workshops with a monthly production capacity of less than 2 million or just a production workshop of a large factory, which is not focused on the research and development and production of mask products, resulting in lax control of product raw materials or because it is unprofessional and unable to distinguish what kind of materials are harmless materials, so a large number of white cotton cloth containing fluorescent agents is used for the inner layer of masks, including well-known brands such as 3m, Only a very small number of professional brands such as Lanhe masks in China, all products such as Lanhe cotton masks and Lanhe disposable masks produced by Lanhe cotton masks do not contain fluorescent agents.

    3. The fluorescent agent on the cotton mask, although it will be reduced through cleaning, but it cannot reduce the harm of the fluorescent agent to the human body.

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