VOCs is the abbreviation of volatile organic compounds. But VOCs in the sense of environmental protection refers to a kind of lively volatile organic compounds, that is, the kind of volatile organic compounds that will cause harm.

VOCs have a great influence on human health. When the indoor VOC reaches a certain concentration, people will feel headache, nausea, vomiting, fatigue and so on. In a short period of time, convulsions and coma will occur in severe cases, which will harm people's liver, kidney, brain and nervous system and cause serious consequences such as memory loss.

Extended data

1, the main components of VOCs:

Hydrocarbons, halogenated hydrocarbons, oxygen hydrocarbons and nitrogen hydrocarbons include: benzene series, organic chlorides, freon series, organic ketones, amines, alcohols, ethers, esters, acids and petroleum hydrocarbons.

2. Main sources of VOCs:

The VOC of the living room mainly comes from latex paint, wallpaper, floor, thermal insulation materials, adhesives and other decoration materials.

China's "harmful content of interior decoration materials" stipulates that the VOC content in wall paint must be ≤ 200 g/L; The environmental label certification standard also requires that the VOC content of dehydrated wall paint should be ≤ 80g/L; The standards in developed countries are more stringent. For example, in the EU standard, the VOC content of wall coatings must be ≤ 75g/L. ..

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