Have complete household furniture certainly makes mother’s cooking activities at home more enjoyable. But we are often not aware of the dangers of household furniture in our homes. Household furniture containing dangerous substances have high health risks. But don’t worry, after recognizing it we can avoid the danger.

1. Chemicals in Melamine Household
Who doesn’t like plates and cups made from melamine? Besides those plates are lightweight and not easily broken, Melamine plates and cups have beautiful colors and patterns. Although it is lightweight, the melamine household turns out to be a health hazard because it contains Bisphenol A.

What is Bisphenol A? These harmful chemicals, better known as BPA, can interfere the cell activity, brain disorders, and cancer. Same as Bisphenol S, which also dangerous. So avoid household tools that contains any type of Bisphenol.

But not all household furniture made from melamine is harmful to the body. Choose good quality with the following characteristics:

• Choose the household tools which has Polyprophylene (PP) code
• Has a BPA-free label
• Coded (5)
• Make sure your household tools is not damaged such as gouged or scratched because it can be a place for bacteria
• Use the melamine household only for 6 months

2. Household Furniture Made of Plastic
The use of household such as plates, bottles and plastic cups should be avoided. Plastics contain chemicals called Phthalates which are all kinds of dangerous. One of the dangers that you can experience if you underestimate Phthalates is high blood pressure.

3. Dangers Behind Furniture as Household Furnishings
Who would have thought that family room and living room also save potential dangers to health. Household furniture such as sofas and carpets are not only dusty, but also contain harmful chemical elements. Anti-stain rugs, for example, have PFOA which stimulates cancer and thyroid disease.

Sofas, like the majority of furniture, apparently contain a lot of fire-resistant chemicals that easily move through the air. That is why we should not eat and drink on the couch. Although in the end the chemicals in the couch changed because they were banned, such as Asbestos and PCBs were substituted by PBEs and Tris, but they were not better. These chemical elements can trigger endocrine disruption and are obesogenic. The use of furniture made from fire-resistant chemicals must be stopped.

–sh