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In the field of daily chemicals, fluorescent brighteners are like a bomb of public opinion. Previously, Blue Moon had lost up to 200 million yuan due to the incident of fluorescent whitening agent, and the news that the addition of fluorescent whitening agent in facial masks and other personal care products is easy to "cause cancer" has also been in the news. Recently, China Central Television (CCTV) revealed the "confusion" of fluorescent whitening agent in its program, but this time, it has been criticized by the industry association. Who on earth has a point?
On August 20, the latest Weekly Quality Report aired an investigation into the quality of laundry detergents on the market by the Jiangsu Provincial Quality Supervision Bureau. In the last five minutes of the program, CCTV's investigation turned again to the sensitive issue of the use of fluorescent brighteners. After the broadcast of the program, the risk monitoring of fluorescent whitening agents in the report was immediately questioned publicly by the China Detergent Industry Association. And the latter because of the professional attitude of "argue", get the praise of many industry people. "Cosmetics finance online" reporters also interviewed the chairman of the China detergent Industry Association Zheng Muhong and a number of washing enterprise representatives.
>>> Is fluorescent brightener a safe and good ingredient?
In a description of the program, CCTV said risk testers found a more general possible safety risk in detergent and liquid: 62 out of 68 samples tested contained fluorescent brighteners. The test personnel put the standard washing powder and the washing powder containing fluorescent whitening agent under the ultraviolet lamp at the same time under the lens, and the sample containing fluorescent whitening agent was significantly whiter.
CCTV stressed that fluorescent brighteners had been alerted to possible safety risks by relevant agencies at home and abroad. Later, the quality inspection institute relevant leadership in an interview with CCTV expression and fluorescent whitening agent to the "carcinogenic" at the forefront of the storm. "At present, there are no special regulations on the use of fluorescent brighteners in the national standards, but there are about 15 categories of more than 400 kinds of fluorescent brighteners in the world," the leader said. At present, there are about 40-50 kinds of fluorescent brighteners commonly used, and some of them have been recognized by some authoritative international organizations and relevant departments of our country as having a certain risk of cancer."
In 2011, the "fluorescent whitening agent" was exposed as "carcinogenic" news, once cost the blue Moon as much as 200 million yuan. After that, many washing brands also talk about "fluorescent whitening agent" color change. However, with the media and consumers for the new understanding of fluorescent brightener, there have also been a lot of help fluorescent brightener "overturned" cases.
It is known that there are 40 or 50 kinds of fluorescent brighteners in common use, and it is undeniable that some of them are indeed considered risky. However, according to the corresponding standards to add the production of detergent is in line with the relevant product safety requirements, at home and abroad is generally considered to be safe.
"It is unscientific and irresponsible for the Jiangsu Provincial Quality Inspection Institute to generically say in the program that detergents with fluorescent brighteners are risky. The right approach should be to determine the type of fluorescent brightener contained in the sample selected by qualitative testing, and then determine whether the product is risky. "Fluorescent whitening agent is a good functional formula, and as long as companies follow the standard, washing products are safe even if they contain fluorescent whitening agent." Zheng Muhong accepts "cosmetic finance and economics online" when reporter interview expresses.
>>> Is there a standard for the use of fluorescent brighteners?
"Industry insiders have suggested that the country's competent authorities should issue standards as soon as possible to specify whether fluorescent brighteners can be added to laundry detergents and detergents, or to specify the types and limits that can be used," CCTV said in the program. At PRESENT IT IS CLEARLY STIPULATED IN THE FOOD CONTACT PRODUCTS IN OUR COUNTRY, FLUORESCENT brighTENING AGENT IS FORBIDDEN, such AS COMMON PAPER CUP, LUNCH BOX, TABLEWARE detergent. Therefore, before the safety of fluorescent brighteners is not quite clear, we suggest: first, increase the types of fluorescent brighteners allowed to be used and the limit of each in the national standards for washing products; Second, if companies use fluorescent brighteners in their products, please show it on the label so that every consumer has the right to know and choose."
In fact, there are two types of clothing detergents on the market, with and without fluorescent brighteners. Manufacturers are generally differentiated according to consumer demand and market positioning. Often, products with fluorescent brighteners are labeled with words such as "Brightening and brightening," suggesting that such products are more suitable for washing white and brightly colored clothes. Because the fluorescent whitening agent has self-limiting quality, that is, adding too much will not only fail to achieve the effect but also have adverse effect, so the dosage in detergent is nearly 0.02%-0.4%, adding very little amount (this is also why the manufacturer usually does not list it separately in the main ingredient list of the product). Zheng Muhong to "cosmetics finance online" reporters repeatedly stressed, "food standards and washing standards are two concepts. It is not professional to use food standards for washing products."
In addition, the reporter reviewed the public literature found that our detergent with fluorescence whitening agent is also a standard to depend on. The National Development and Reform Commission issued the industry standard QB/T 2953-2008 "Fluorescent whitening Agent for Detergents" on March 12, 2008 and implemented on September 1, 2008. This STANDARD SPECIFIES THE fluorescent brightenERS SUITABLE FOR the production of various fabric detergents and specifies the types of fluorescent brighteners that can be used for the production of fabric detergents, as: "stilbene biphenyls" and "bistriazine amino stilbenes". In addition, the national standard GB/T26396-2011 "washing products safety technical specifications", but also for the safety of detergent related raw materials formulated strict requirements.
>>> The rapid voice of Wash Association has been praised by the industry, and the correct public opinion is conducive to the development of the industry
Immediately after the CCTV program aired on Aug. 20, the association issued four statements on its official account in response to the CCTV report. "These unscientific inferences (in the program) will not only have a negative impact on the detergent industry and damage the reputation of companies that produce compliant products according to national standards, but also easily mislead consumers and even cause unnecessary panic among consumers."
In fact, the association has been defending fluorescent whitening agents in recent years. Reporter saw, on its number WeChat public previously published a lot of fluorescent whitening agent certificate, such as: the fluorescent whitening agent toxic??? The truth is only one ", the fluorescent whitening agent cause cancer? Stop that now! The popular science knowledge of fluorescent whitening agent come ", the international and domestic authoritative organization and industry experts: fluorescent whitening agent in detergent is safe ", etc.
Wash association is for the CCTV report so seriously, zheng rainbow dance to "cosmetics online financial" reporter said, "show without screening, generalisations, containing fluorescent whitening agent products can mislead consumers, not only cause unnecessary panic, but it can also cause containing fluorescent whitening agent, comply with relevant standards of functional clothing detergent to exit the market gradually, It's still the consumer who gets hurt in the end."
Washing association issued a statement behavior also received a lot of industry support. A domestic washing brand engineer told "Cosmetics Finance Online" reporter, "I agree with the statement issued by the association, very professional. It has a sense of justice to stand out and make statements against authoritative public opinion based on science and laws. "The industry's justified statement of position is also a manifestation of the development of social civilization."
There are also washing brand senior management bluntly, "wash association refute beautiful! Central media does not imply professionalism. Many media reports are not responsible, echoing the words of others, for fluorescence brightener in general. Washing products use a very small number of fluorescent brighteners, and there are relatively complete scientific data on their safety."
Some industry insiders pointed out that, after all, mainstream media have a huge influence on mass consumers. They hoped that industry associations and brand enterprises themselves could strengthen scientific communication with consumers, strengthen mutual understanding with the media, and take actions to promote the healthy development of the whole industry in a more objective public opinion.
