"Lead with LED lamps" report warns China's lighting companies
You may feel strange when it comes to light-emitting diodes, but if you talk about its other name LED light, you will probably realize it. Every holiday, people like to use colorful LED lights to create a festive atmosphere. However, a research report released by the University of California, USA, reported that the excessive lead in some LED lamps poses a threat to the health of certain people.
The reporter learned that due to the protection of consumers and the environment, the EU has mandatory standards to limit the lead content in lighting equipment. However, at present, there is no provision for harmful substances in lighting equipment in China. China is recognized as the global manufacturing center of LED lighting products. LED lamps have a large export volume. Therefore, although this is just a research report, it is enough to warn China's lighting companies: Be careful that harmful substances break the future financial road.
Overseas research: Some LED lamps contain lead
According to Xinhua News Agency, researchers at the University of California, California, examined high, low intensity LED lights in red, yellow, green, blue, and white, respectively, and found low-intensity red LED lights that were mainly used as Christmas lanterns and traffic lights. The amount of lead exceeds 8 times the amount required by California law and exceeds 36 times that of federal regulations. In addition, high-intensity red, low-intensity yellow, and low-intensity green LED lamps also contain lead, but at lower levels. However, lead was not detected in blue and white high- and low-intensity LED lamps. In addition, the copper process used in some LED lamps poses a risk to the ecology of soils, rivers, and lakes.
According to researchers, leaded LED lamps pose a particular threat to the health of specific groups of people, such as workers who manufacture these lamps, consumers who break the lamps, emergency rescue workers at the scene of accidents, and cleaners.
University of California stakeholders urged manufacturers to focus on energy conservation when considering developing new technology products. They also need to consider whether these products will affect people's health. He also suggested that workers cleaning the front of the car, consumers who break the lamps, etc., should all use protective equipment such as gloves and masks.
Industry defect: Absence of relevant domestic standards
The reporter learned that in 2006, the European Union enacted a mandatory standard, "On the Directive on the Use of Certain Harmful Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment," which is mainly used to regulate the materials and process standards of electric and electronic products so that It is more conducive to human health and environmental protection. The standard defines six items of lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls, and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in electrical and electronic products. It also stipulates that the content of lead should not exceed 0.1%. Including lighting equipment.
Unfortunately, the reporter found that there is no national standard specifically for LED lamps in China. This was confirmed by Gao Yankang, chairman of the Sichuan Lighting Association.
Subsequently, the reporter also called the National Luminaire Quality Supervision and Inspection Center and learned that the current state only has national standards for lighting appliances, mainly including the product quality and safety performance of the lamps and lanterns, but no corresponding standards have been issued for LED lamps and there is no Luminaires are subject to hazardous substance limits.
Cracking the Road: Introduce Standards, Improve Technology
Absence of domestic standards makes the company somewhat anxious, because according to the international industry, "the era of LED lighting is approaching." The EU started to implement the second phase of conventional light bulb phase-out measures last year, prohibiting the sale of 75-watt incandescent light bulbs in the European Union. The sales volume of LED bulbs in Japan accounted for 50% of the total sales of bulbs. This gave the entire LED industry and investors a lot of imagination. According to this, Li Meng, deputy director of the Institute of Technical Trade Measures of Shenzhen Institute of Standards and Technology, told the media that if we want to improve the overall quality of domestic LED lighting products, we should introduce more specific LED lighting product standards as soon as possible, otherwise it will affect China LED lighting. Manufacturer's future orders.
In addition to introducing standards, improving the technology is also a major solution. Mr. Mao is the person in charge of Shenzhen Huikangming Optoelectronics. The LED lamps produced by the company are mainly used for export, and some products are also supplied to the domestic market. "Actually, lead does not exist on light bulbs." According to Mr. Mao, LED lights use lead-containing materials when they are soldered. This leads to the appearance of lead. Lead-free lead-free materials are also straightforward. Lead-free materials can be used directly, and lead-free materials are more robust than lead-containing materials.
Mr. Chen from Shenzhen Aohai Optoelectronics Co., Ltd. stated that for enterprises, not only should the focus be placed on increasing product sales, but also on the concern of hazardous materials for lamps and lanterns. Only with high cost performance, domestic LED lighting companies can maximize the gold of overseas customers.
You may feel strange when it comes to light-emitting diodes, but if you talk about its other name LED light, you will probably realize it. Every holiday, people like to use colorful LED lights to create a festive atmosphere. However, a research report released by the University of California, USA, reported that the excessive lead in some LED lamps poses a threat to the health of certain people.
The reporter learned that due to the protection of consumers and the environment, the EU has mandatory standards to limit the lead content in lighting equipment. However, at present, there is no provision for harmful substances in lighting equipment in China. China is recognized as the global manufacturing center of LED lighting products. LED lamps have a large export volume. Therefore, although this is just a research report, it is enough to warn China's lighting companies: Be careful that harmful substances break the future financial road.
Overseas research: Some LED lamps contain lead
According to Xinhua News Agency, researchers at the University of California, California, examined high, low intensity LED lights in red, yellow, green, blue, and white, respectively, and found low-intensity red LED lights that were mainly used as Christmas lanterns and traffic lights. The amount of lead exceeds 8 times the amount required by California law and exceeds 36 times that of federal regulations. In addition, high-intensity red, low-intensity yellow, and low-intensity green LED lamps also contain lead, but at lower levels. However, lead was not detected in blue and white high- and low-intensity LED lamps. In addition, the copper process used in some LED lamps poses a risk to the ecology of soils, rivers, and lakes.
According to researchers, leaded LED lamps pose a particular threat to the health of specific groups of people, such as workers who manufacture these lamps, consumers who break the lamps, emergency rescue workers at the scene of accidents, and cleaners.
University of California stakeholders urged manufacturers to focus on energy conservation when considering developing new technology products. They also need to consider whether these products will affect people's health. He also suggested that workers cleaning the front of the car, consumers who break the lamps, etc., should all use protective equipment such as gloves and masks.
Industry defect: Absence of relevant domestic standards
The reporter learned that in 2006, the European Union enacted a mandatory standard, "On the Directive on the Use of Certain Harmful Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment," which is mainly used to regulate the materials and process standards of electric and electronic products so that It is more conducive to human health and environmental protection. The standard defines six items of lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls, and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in electrical and electronic products. It also stipulates that the content of lead should not exceed 0.1%. Including lighting equipment.
Unfortunately, the reporter found that there is no national standard specifically for LED lamps in China. This was confirmed by Gao Yankang, chairman of the Sichuan Lighting Association.
Subsequently, the reporter also called the National Luminaire Quality Supervision and Inspection Center and learned that the current state only has national standards for lighting appliances, mainly including the product quality and safety performance of the lamps and lanterns, but no corresponding standards have been issued for LED lamps and there is no Luminaires are subject to hazardous substance limits.
Cracking the Road: Introduce Standards, Improve Technology
Absence of domestic standards makes the company somewhat anxious, because according to the international industry, "the era of LED lighting is approaching." The EU started to implement the second phase of conventional light bulb phase-out measures last year, prohibiting the sale of 75-watt incandescent light bulbs in the European Union. The sales volume of LED bulbs in Japan accounted for 50% of the total sales of bulbs. This gave the entire LED industry and investors a lot of imagination. According to this, Li Meng, deputy director of the Institute of Technical Trade Measures of Shenzhen Institute of Standards and Technology, told the media that if we want to improve the overall quality of domestic LED lighting products, we should introduce more specific LED lighting product standards as soon as possible, otherwise it will affect China LED lighting. Manufacturer's future orders.
In addition to introducing standards, improving the technology is also a major solution. Mr. Mao is the person in charge of Shenzhen Huikangming Optoelectronics. The LED lamps produced by the company are mainly used for export, and some products are also supplied to the domestic market. "Actually, lead does not exist on light bulbs." According to Mr. Mao, LED lights use lead-containing materials when they are soldered. This leads to the appearance of lead. Lead-free lead-free materials are also straightforward. Lead-free materials can be used directly, and lead-free materials are more robust than lead-containing materials.
Mr. Chen from Shenzhen Aohai Optoelectronics Co., Ltd. stated that for enterprises, not only should the focus be placed on increasing product sales, but also on the concern of hazardous materials for lamps and lanterns. Only with high cost performance, domestic LED lighting companies can maximize the gold of overseas customers.
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