Wang Hai sues the Blue Moon for using a "carcinogen" fluorescent brightener

The business club reported on June 24th that “China’s first person to fight fakes” Wang Hai recently pointed out on Weibo that the Blue Moon laundry liquid, which was endorsed by Yang Lan, was detected as a fluorescent brightener containing carcinogenic substances and related test reports were issued. Caused great concern of netizens.

Yesterday (June 23), Deng Gang, deputy general manager of Guangzhou Blue Moon Industrial Co., Ltd. expressed to the "Daily Economic News (Weibo)" that the country's "QB/T2953-2008 fluorescent whitening agent for detergents" industry The standard allows the addition of two types of optical brighteners in detergents, and the United States, Japan, and the European Union all allow use in laundry detergents.

According to a special statement issued by the China Detergent Industry Association on this matter, the fluorescent whitening agents used in the industry standards are safe and reliable, and will not cause negative impact on the human body and the environment. At the same time, they can improve and enhance the washing effect.

Wang Feng, who was found to contain fluorescent whitening agents in Beijing, was a consumer of Blue Moon Laundry. On one occasion, his child cried and lamented by using blue moon laundry detergent. He suspected that it might be laundry liquid left on the clothes. Caused by stimuli.

On March 3 of this year, Wang Feng sent the purchased blue moon laundry liquid (deep clean brightening package and deep clean package) to the Tianjin Institute of Product Quality Supervision and Inspection Technology. The test found that the laundry detergent contained fluorescent brightener. Wang Hai provided the test report to the reporter of "Daily Economic News". In the report test results column, fluorescent brighteners were detected.

Wang Hai said that the fluorescent whitening agent is a qualitative chemical toxicant in the Classification of Occupational Disease Hazards in the Production Supervision and Administration Bureau and is a carcinogenic substance. “However, the packaging of the blue moon laundry liquid is not marked with warning information. On the contrary, in addition to 'safety and environmental protection', it also explicitly states that 'infant and children's clothing and underwear are also applicable' and is a false propaganda act.”

To this end, Wang Hai became the agent of Wang Feng and sued the Blue Moon and Yang Lan to the Beijing First Intermediate People's Court.

Coincidentally, Mr. Ye, a consumer in Guangzhou, was experiencing symptoms such as slight swelling and itching in his arm after using the Blue Moon Deep Cleansing Lotion. The above symptoms disappeared after the product was discontinued. As its agent, Wang Hai has recently sued the Tianhe District People’s Court of Guangzhou City. In the indictment, a laundry liquid produced by Guangzhou Blue Moon Industrial Co., Ltd. was accused of containing fluorescent whitening agents. Yesterday, Tianhe District People’s Court of Guangzhou City accepted the case.

Blue Moon: The State allows the use of "About the use of fluorescent whitening agents in detergents, the country has relevant industry standards, is allowed to use, and in the international, Japan, the United States and the European Union and other places are allowed in the laundry detergent The use of domestic detergents and laundry detergents currently uses the two types of fluorescent whitening agents specified in the standard.” Deng Gang, deputy general manager of Guangzhou Blue Moon Industrial Co., Ltd., told the “Daily Economic News” reporter.

The industry standard for "QB/T2953-2008 Optical Brightener for Detergents" formally implemented on September 1, 2008 stipulates that fluorescent brightening agents, distyrylbiphenyls and bistriazines, can be used in laundry detergents. Aminostilbene. This standard was issued by the National Development and Reform Commission on March 12, 2008. Deng Gang told reporters that the blue moon used a distyryl biphenyl brightener.

However, Wang Hai pointed out that the main purpose of fluorescent whitening agents is dyes, not the necessary active ingredients for washing laundry decontamination. On the contrary, they are difficult to remove due to their strong adhesion, and accumulate on clothes can also cause yellowish white clothing. dark. In this regard, Deng Gang said that the reason to add fluorescent brighteners in detergents, mainly to play a whitening effect.

Deng Gang pointed out that the company also sent Blue moon liquid laundry detergent (bright white brightening) products to Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention for testing. The reporter saw in the test report that the test results showed that the product was non-irritating to a complete skin irritation of New Zealand rabbits.

In response, the China Laundry Industry Association issued a special note on fluorescent detergents for laundry detergent on June 20. The association pointed out that a large number of international and domestic research authoritative reports have proven that the fluorescent whitening agents prescribed in the "Fluorescent Whiteners for Detergent Use" industry standard are safe and reliable. They will not cause negative impacts on the human body and the environment, and they can improve and improve at the same time. Wash effect.

In fact, although the State allows the use of fluorescent brighteners in detergents, Article 6 of the Food Hygiene Law of China stipulates that fluorescent whitening agents should not be used in foods, food packaging papers, and napkins.