[Viewpoint] Anti-Scar Mask Meets Nearly 50% Filtration Efficiency Non-unique Selection Criteria

The reporter learned from the scene of the Respiratory Protection Charity Campaign of the China Textile Commerce Association that, following recent statistics from the testing agency, the compliance rate of flood prevention masks on the domestic market is currently close to 50%. At the same time, people in the industry stated that the filtering efficiency is not the only parameter to pay attention to when purchasing.

Lu Bing, director of the Jiangsu Provincial Special Security Product Quality Supervision and Inspection Center, introduced that the qualified rate of flood prevention masks has risen significantly since 2014. "When the standards were not issued, 80% of the products were non-standard products. After the implementation of the "PM2.5 Protective Mask" group standard in March 2016, the overall quality of the mask industry has improved. According to our long-term testing, the current market can truly The percentage of masks that block PM2.5 is about 49%."

According to Chen Haida, secretary-general of the China National Textile and Apparel Council’s Safety and Health Protection Products Committee, sales of domestic masks on the domestic market have reached about 200 million a year, and the growth momentum remains unabated. However, the quality of tamper-proof masks depends not only on the efficiency of filtration.

"The filtration efficiency is a part of the reference, and the mask efficiency value of the group's standard "PM2.5 Respirator" can be scanned for the QR code on the product." Chen Haida said, "The mask standard parameters for PM2.5 also contain leaks. Gas rate, suction resistance, formaldehyde and pH biochemical indicators, etc."