Minvata can lead to infertility

Doctors warn of the risks of a famous insulation.

The ecology of housing is directly related to indoor air quality. A person inhales up to 24 kg of air per day, which is at least 16 times more than the amount of water drunk per day. In an ordinary apartment there are up to 150 types of fumes, these are fumes of varnish and paint, furniture glue and chipboard, as well as anthropotoxins – waste products of humans and pets, etc. At the height of the construction season, it’s time to think about the choice of environmentally friendly insulation.

It is important to remember that even the most highly publicized materials have a shadow – properties that manufacturers usually prefer to gloss over. Respirable dust emitted by mineral wool is particles less than 3 microns in size, unlike ordinary dust (over 5 microns), passing natural filters in the form of villi in the nose and actively settling in the lungs. The so-called respirable or respirable dust acts on the respiratory system as an allergen and toxin. In addition, under its influence, malignant formations can develop, which is confirmed by research by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. The fact is that it contains phenol, which is part of phenol-formaldehyde resins that hold mineral wool particles together.

“Society suffers losses due to the fact that we pay very little attention to environmental factors, including inside the home, which adversely affect our health. 20% of married couples in the country are infertile, 10-15% of births are premature, disorders in newborns, perinatal mortality, “notes Evgeny Zharov, doctor of medical sciences, professor, gynecologist, specialist in reproductive health of the Central Clinical Hospital of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Professor Zharov noted that in small doses, very toxic phenol is contained in medicines, green tea, cosmetology, and medicines. But with prolonged exposure, phenol accumulates in the body and can lead to lethal consequences. “When the ‘phenolic’ houses were being built, we expected that the next generation would live under communism in new houses, in fact, people still live in housing that is dangerous to health, including in Moscow,” Zharov said. – “Phenols, dirt, dust strike the microecology of the human body, destroying beneficial microorganisms. The biocenosis is disrupted, as a result, numerous inflammatory processes occur. Moreover, these tiny particles can be absorbed not only through the respiratory tract, mucous membrane, but also through the skin.”.

Even the head of Rospotrebnadzor Gennady Onishchenko became interested in the risks of mineral wool, who noted that when checking finishing materials, sanitary doctors encounter unpleasant surprises: “A person moves to a new apartment, he has headaches, pressure jumps, he cannot find a place for himself. we begin to check, in the finishing materials we find many violations of technology – the release of the same formaldehydes. It comes to the point that we give instructions to rip everything off and redo it again. But this is when the person complained. And most do not complain. ” All the requirements that apply to it must be observed for mineral wool, Onishchenko warned. If an elementary technology is violated during its manufacture and regulations during construction are violated, then the use of such materials can lead to very serious health consequences, Gennady Onishchenko stressed..