Priha E
Tampere Regional Institute of Occupational Health, Finland.
Regul Toxicol Pharmacol. 1995 Dec;22(3):243-9. doi: 10.1006/rtph.1995.0006.
The formaldehyde content of textiles has been legally limited in only a few countries. Finland followed Japan in 1987 and introduced strict limits for textile formaldehyde content. The comprehensive registration system of occupational diseases in Finland has enabled the study of the incidence of occupational diseases caused by formaldehyde among workers in the textile and clothing industries. Diagnosed occupational diseases caused by formaldehyde were relatively rare in 1975-1993, and no decrease in the incidence of occupational formaldehyde diseases were observed after regulations were implemented at the end of 1987. Limitations on textile formaldehyde content are needed, however, because textiles with formaldehyde content of 435-855 micrograms/g can cause irritating airborne concentrations during pressing in clothing industry. With modern low formaldehyde cross-linking agents it is possible to achieve textile formaldehyde content less than 100 micrograms/g, as determined by the Japanese acetylacetone method. When limits for textile formaldehyde content are considered, it is also important to define the test method because the existing procedures produce different results.
只有少数国家对纺织品中的甲醛含量进行了法律限制。芬兰于1987年效仿日本，对纺织品甲醛含量出台了严格限制。芬兰的职业病综合登记系统使得对纺织和服装行业工人中由甲醛引起的职业病发病率的研究成为可能。在1975年至1993年期间，确诊的由甲醛引起的职业病相对较少，并且在1987年底实施相关规定后，并未观察到职业性甲醛疾病发病率的下降。然而，仍需要对纺织品甲醛含量加以限制，因为甲醛含量为435 - 855微克/克的纺织品在服装行业熨烫过程中会导致空气中令人不适的浓度。使用现代低甲醛交联剂，按照日本乙酰丙酮法测定，有可能使纺织品甲醛含量低于100微克/克。在考虑纺织品甲醛含量限制时，明确测试方法也很重要，因为现有程序会产生不同的结果。
