Detecting toxic substances in car seats for children

More than half of the child seats on cars sold in the US market contain toxic chemicals.

This is the shocking conclusion of a scientific research program by the US Ecology Center - a nonprofit organization based in Michigan - on August 2.

After conducting the quality inspection of 150 seats for children cars, the center discovered that up to 60% of seats contain hazardous chemicals for human health such as bromine and chlorine - ingredients in plastic Polyvinyl chloride plasticizer (PVC) .

The US Environmental Protection Agency classified PVC into the product category
Can cause cancer.

Lab tests in the lab also show that, in high temperature conditions, the chemicals will produce a large amount of dioxin - one of the toxic chemicals that may in the long run affect brain development, causing cancer, weakening the immune system and reproductive organs.

Experts say that heat and ultraviolet (UV) in cars are the causes of accelerating the production of these toxins.

Meanwhile, children are the most vulnerable objects, because their bodies are still not fully developed and often have to sit for many hours in the car seats.

Since 1997, the US Ecological Center has conducted more than 20,000 toxic substances experiments on 7,000 consumer products in the United States.

All tests were conducted using X-ray radiography (X-ray) - a machine that quickly detects the formation of toxic substances in less than 60 seconds.