2015 Quality Analysis Of Anti UV Clothing Monitoring. Nearly 80% Sunscreen Is Not UV Protected.

Yesterday, the Jiangsu Provincial Quality Supervision Bureau released.

A total of 82 batches were selected, and the compliance rate of "anti ultraviolet products" was only 26.8%, nearly 80%.

No UV protection function.

Nearly 80% sunscreen clothes are not UV protected.

A few days ago, Jiangsu's quality supervision departments were from manufacturers, stores and networks.

Purchase samples for testing.

What is the function of sunscreen? The result of sampling shows that most of the sunscreen clothes on the market are not qualified for UV protection.

Of the 82 batches of samples, only 22 batches of samples were required to meet the requirements of the "anti ultraviolet product", with a coincidence rate of 26.8%, and nearly 80% of sunscreen clothes did not have anti ultraviolet function.

The sample accords with the requirement of permeability is 31 batches, with the coincidence rate of 37.8%, while the batches with the function of anti UV function and good permeability are only 5 batches, accounting for 6.1%.

"This shows that most of the sunscreen clothes on the market are unworthy of the name. They do not have UV protection or sunscreen function, and they are difficult to take into account both ultraviolet and air permeability."

Xiao hang explained that this is mainly because the general fabric is to protect the ultraviolet radiation by increasing the coating. Generally speaking, the thicker the coating is, the better the UV protection effect will be. However, the increase of coating will cause the air permeability of the clothes to become worse.

Formaldehyde content, pH value and so on nearly 50% unqualified.

The quality supervision department also detected 82 batches of anti UV clothing products, formaldehyde content, pH color fastness, fiber content and so on, qualified 46 batches, the pass rate reached 56.1%, and there were still nearly 50% unqualified, including the symbol "Ma Ke Na skin windbreaker", "ALPINT MOUNTAIN women's long sleeved skin windbreaker", "pvvant outdoor women's skin clothes", "Han Bang Shang Le Le women's skin windbreaker" and so on.

"Unqualified items are concentrated in light fastness, fiber content and logo."

Xiao Hang, an engineer in the Provincial Textile Inspection Institute, said that the color fastness to light is poor. During the wearing process, the clothes are easy to discolor or fade, and it is easy to mix up flowers and colors.

Most of the sunscreens in shops do not have SPF.

Yesterday, the clothing sales area of several shopping malls in Nanjing and several clothes shops on the roadside found that the price of sunscreen clothing ranges from tens to hundreds of dollars.

In a shopping mall, when asked whether there was a sun protection clothing, the guide said that the sales of sunscreen clothes were hot, and then recommended a product with light texture. The sign said "UPF40+", but the product name was not a sunscreen but a "skin coat".

In this regard, the guide explained that the skin clothing also has sunscreen function, has the sun protection index, "definitely can prevent ultraviolet rays."

However, many street stalls and small shops directly write the word "sun protection clothing" to attract customers, but the boss's sunscreen clothes do not have relevant labels. Some names are directly labeled "coat", let alone label the SPF.

"You must be able to protect yourself from the sun. Look at this kind of dress on the street. We can sell nearly a hundred pieces a month."

A shop owner said.

One of the highest selling houses on Taobao sold more than 70 thousand pieces a month, while most businesses did not mark SPF in product parameters.

Less than 100 yuan sunscreen clothing nearly 90% unqualified

Judging from the results of the supervision and spot check, the market spot checks are better. The pass rate is much higher than that of the network platform. The qualified rate of sunscreen clothing sold by the market exceeds 90%, while the pass rate of online sales of sunscreen clothing is only 50%.

Different prices of sunscreen clothing quality is also different.

Statistics show that the clothing with 100 yuan below has UV protection function of only 12.5%, indicating that the price range of the so-called "sunscreen clothing", most do not have the UV protection function; and 200 yuan and above clothing has the proportion of UV protection is also only 35.3%, said that about 2/3 products are also unworthy of the name, do not have anti UV function.

Washing will reduce the UV protection index.

Washing also reduces the UV protection index of sunscreen clothing.

The sample was also cleaned 10 times after the sampling, and then related performance tests were carried out.

After washing 82 batches of samples, 21 batches of samples met the requirements of "anti ultraviolet products", accounting for 25.6%, and from the actual measured values of each sample, the UPF value of most samples decreased compared with that before washing, and the UV protection function was weakened.

UPF is greater than 40 to protect against ultraviolet radiation.

How to choose suitable sunscreen clothes?

Product UV protection coefficient UPF>40, and sunlight ultraviolet UVA pmittance T (UVA) VA is less than 5%, only these two indicators at the same time meet the standard, only has the function of anti ultraviolet. In addition, we can not ignore the breathability of clothing, try to choose a good sunscreen with good permeability.

Many common garments also have anti ultraviolet properties. The UV protection of the same clothing is darker than that of light color. The fabric is thicker than the thin one, and the fabric is more compact than the loose one.

In addition, the UV protection performance of clothing may decrease with the increase of washing times and the stretch of clothing, and the UV protection performance in wet condition may also be reduced.