Ko ngā tinihanga ātaahua e whakamahia ana i ngā hua mō te tamaiti me te whaea e whai raru motuhake ana nā te mataara ake o te pēpi ki te takotoranga matū. He mea nui te whakarite kia haumaru ngā tinihanga hei whakamarie i ngā ropu pakanga, me te ū ki ngā here rāwekenga ā-ao.
Ko te kiri o ngā pēpi he iti ake i te 30% tērā i ngā pakeke e ai ki te ripoata o te National Eczema Association mai i te tau 2023. Ko te itinga o te kiri ka whai kiko ai, ko te kiri e hūmata ana i ngā mea kino ngāwari ake mai i ngā kākahu tuhinga, ngā taputapu hinei rānei e whakapā ana ratou ki. Me te mōhio kei te whakauru kaua anō ngā ringa ki ō rātou waha, e rua ngā ara e uru ana ngā karakia ki roto i te tinana—arotā ki te kiri, ā, ka nui ake te koha. I whakaatu tētahi rangahau i whāngia e Pediatrics i te 2022 tētahi mea hoki e pīroa ana. Ina tākarotia e ngā pēpi ngā mea e tuhinga ana, ka hūmata rātou i ngā karakia e toru ngā wā tekau pea te nui ake mō te rahi i te mea e hūmata ana ngā pakeke i te mahi anō.
E māhi ana ngā ingoī tuhinga arataki i ngā waahanga pakanga:
Ka takahi ēnei mea i ngā paerewa CPSIA me EN71 ka nui ake i te 0.1% te rahi o te kōnehu i ngā hua mō ngā tamariki.
Ko ngā pūpahi o ngā mōkai he mea kāore i whanake tonu, e kore e taea te whakarereke i ngā matū āhuatanga rite tonu ki ngā pakeke, arā ko te tikanga ka hui haere ngā matū kino ki ō rātou tinana e whā ngā wā pea te tere ake i ngā raraunga hōu mai i te Pukapuka Whakamātautau Tamariki. Me kaua hoki te wareware i ngā rerekētanga hāwhina—ka hāwhina ngā mōkai i anywhere between 30 to 60 hāwhina i ngā miniti, ina ko te 12 ki te 20 anō mō ngā pakeke. Ka nui ake te āhua o rātou ki ngā mea kino e puāwai ana mai i ngā rākau peita mō ngā kākahu mōkai, i ngā tapa whare moe rānei. Ki ngā take mataora nei, ehara i te mea ke kia mōhio ai ko ngā ture maru mō ngā tioata haumaru he mea nui rawa atu ina hangaia ngā hua mō ngā tamariki iti.
Rārangi noa i raro i te Act Whakapai Haumāea Kaihoko, e mōhiotia ana hoki hei CPSIA, he whakaritenga tino kaha ki ēhea e uru ana ki ngā hua mō ngā tamariki. Me iti ake i te 100 ngā wāhi i roto i te miriona ngā rahi o te kiko, ā, kāore pea e nui ake i te 0.1% ngā phthalates. Mai i te tau 2008, ko te tikanga mō ngā kaihanga o ngā kakahu tamaiti me ngā hua pākiki e pirihau ana he mea matatohu e tētahi tira tuatoru mō ngā waru rerekē o ngā maitai kī. Ko te kadmiuta tētahi o ēnei maitai e tirotirohia ana. I tēnei tau, ka tango te kāwanatanga i te $3.2 miriona i ngā raihana mai i ngā kamupene i kore rātou e whai i ēnei paerewa. He aha te take e nui ana tēnei? Nā, ko ngā tamaiti e noho ana ki te paro ana ki ngā mea, ā, ka hū ana i ngā kimikimeka trū ana kiko tino pai ake i ngā pakeke. Kei te ngāwari haere ngā here rāwhiti kia tiaki i a rātou i ngā mea kino e taea ana e whai pā ki te whanaketanga o te roro.
Ko te ture ASTM F963-17 e whakaratohia ana i ngā roa mo te nui o ētahi pūtau kino e taea ana te neke mai i ngā mata o ngā taonga tākaro. Ko te mea matua, e here ana kia iti ake i te 60 ngā wāhi i runga i te miriona (parts per million) ngā huinga raihana o antimony, arsenic, me mercury ki ngā takotoranga. He nui tēnei take mō ngā hua mō ngā tamariki pēpi, nā te mea ko te nuinga o ngā taonga tākaro tuarangi he tauaropiko i runga i ngā tapa. E toru ki te whā o ngā taonga tākaro e āhua ana i ēnei tauaropiko, nō reira he mea nui te arataki mō ngā kaihanga. Ko te tikanga whakamātautau e mātai ana i te pono o ngā takotoranga ki te kaha o te paraihe i muri i ngā haora e rua e noho ana ki roto o ngā mangai. Ki te āhua pea ka whakauru ngā tamariki pēpi i ō rātou taonga tākaro ki ō rātou mangai e toru ngā wā i ia haora e ai ki tētahi rangahau hou i tākarotia e Pediatrics i te 2021, he tino aronga tēnei momo whakamātautau mai i ngā āhuatanga haumaru, me te āhuatanga mahi.
Ko te taumata whanui o te EN71-3:2019 o te EU e tautapa ana i ngā here tino maru ake mō ngā metara e taea ana te puhia i te nuinga atu i te United States. Hei tauira, ko te kohinga o te tapuae ki runga i ngā mata e wātea ana ka tuhia ki te 13.5 ngā wāhi i roto i te miriona, he iti noa iho i te mea e whakaaetia ana e te CPSIA i te nuinga o te wā, e 87% nekehia. Ā, kei te REACH hoki ngā tikanga e here ana i te nuinga o ngā 300 tauine e kitea ana i ngā matapuka mō ngā hua mō ngā tamaiti. Ko ngā mea pērā i te kōpere me te formaldehyde i tohua tonu ai, nā te mea e mōrearea ana pea mēnā ka tūpono te tamaiti ki a rātou. Me whakamātautau ngā kaihanga i ō rātou matapae ia toru marama mēnā kei te hiahia ratou kia hokona ēnei hua puta noa i ngā whenua EU. Arā anō ngā mahi hākinakina me ngā utu mō ngā kamupene e ngana ana kia whakaaetia ō rātou hua mō ngā takotoranga Ūropi.
I te ao whānui, kei te tīmata kē ana te pēnei o ngā karu whakahaere taupua e waru ki te tekau ki te whakamahi i ngā kāmera XRF kia mau ai ngā metara rāwekenga e pakaru ana i ngā hua mō te tamaiti e tūhono mai ana ki ngā takutai. E ai ki ngā raraunga hou a te Rōpū Tūmatanui mō te Haumaru Hua Kaihoko, i te tau ki muri i te nuinga o ngā inikiana e here ana i te pikinga ataahua o te 14 ōrau, nā ngā tohu matapo kore e mahi ana i waho i ngā tikanga. Mō ngā kaihanga e ngana ana kia uru atu, kua noho hei mea matua te pupuri i ngā ripihitena whakamātautau mā te kotahi pouaka whakaputa tahi ana hoki ngā tuhinga aronga tika e pā ana ki te ISO 9001:2015. Kāore ēnei herega i te piroiti anake engari he aha tēnei ka whakawātea i ngā hua mōrearea kia tae ki ngā kātata toa i te tuatahi.
Ko te whakamātautau mārau e āhua ana ki te huri ake o ngā wāhanga tioata ki te kiri trūwhitu, hiko, i te parirau. Ngā tikanga paerewa pērā i ASTM D4236 ka whakamātau i te wehe mā te kawe i ngā taputapu tuhinga ki ngā raihana hihi hangarau i te 40°C mō ngā haora 24. Ka whakamātau ngā whare whakamātau i ngā mea here ki ngā roa o te ao:
| Tūhuratanga Tūhura | E ai ki ngā here mo ngā hua mō ngā tamariki iti | Whakaaetanga mō ngā hua mō ngā pakeke |
|---|---|---|
| I te nuinga o te kōwhiti | ≤ 0.1 ppm | ≤ 1.0 ppm |
| Te nekenga o te phthalate | Kāore e kitea | ≤ 0.1% mā te taumaha |
| Whakaputanga VOC | ≤ 0.5 mg/m³ | ≤ 5.0 mg/m³ |
A 2023 Pūrongo o te Hauora Taiao i kitea 18% o ngā pōro ākonga kāore i whakaaetia i teitei ake i ēnei rohe i muri i ngā whakamātautau horoi ngawari, e tohu ana i ngā pakanga kei te mua i te whakarite kounga.
I whakaatu ngā whakamātau ko ngā tupeka kua tuhia he 0.28 ngā wāhi i te miriona rāpoi kei roto i ō rātou takotoranga inka i muri i ngā whakamātautau hī, e tata ana ki te toru nekehanga ake i te mea tukuna e te CPSIA. I te ine i ngā taumata BPA, ka piki ake ki te 1.2 ppm ka tūtohu te matapihi ki te hinu mokopuna, i te 0.3 ppm anake i ngā tikanga maroke noa. E whakaatu ana tino tēnei ko ngā mahi ia rā e āwhina ai te piki ake i te exposure ki ngā mea pouri. I muri i te kite i ēnei hopena, i tīmata te nuinga o ngā kaihanga ki te whakamahi i ngā inka tuakiri puha. I kīia e ngā whakamātau ā muri ko tēnei panonitanga i iti ake ai ngā tere kawekawe kimikimeka umu 94 e ai ki te rangahau mai i te Rōpū Haumaru Tamariki i te 2022.
Ahakoa kua whakamimitia e ngā whakamātautau whakawhitinga ngā pakanga poto, kāore i taea e rātou te whiwhi:
Ka tuhia e te Umanga Matū Ūropi kua iti ake ngā tikanga paerewa i te 30–40% ngā mōrearea o te ao whai ao mō ngā tamaiti e ngaro haere ana i ngā mata paparorohiko e mōhio ana. Ko ngā ara hou whaiaronga e whai ana i ngā putunga uri ka āwhina pea i te kapi i tēnei herenga taua ki te tau 2025.
Kua tuku ngā tohu i ngā take noa mō te haumaru mātārangi mō ngā hua mō ngā mātua me ngā tamariki, āwhinahina ai i ngā kaihanga kia tutuki i ngā here matatau o te ao me te hanga whakapono mai i te kaihoko.
Ko te tohu ACMI AP e whakaatu ana kua nekehia tō te arotake i ngā kaupae haumaru mō ngā rauemi toi, ā, kāore he wāhi kino o ngā parahi taumata, VOCs, nā te mea ko ngā pekema matua e huna ana i ētahi mea nui. Engari ko ngā paerewa AP e mātai ana i te ara e pā ai ngā tamariki ki ēnei hua, nā te mea kei te tūmanako ngā tamariki iti ki te kī tonu i ō rātou mangai. Ka whakamahia te whakamātau mō te āhua o ngā mea kino e taea ana te wehe atu i ngā rauemi ina karawhia, i te wā e wareware ana i te wā roa e whakamahia ana. Ko tēnei momo whakamātau e wātea ai ngā āhuatanga pono e āwhina ai kia noho haumaru anō pea i te pukapuka i muri i ngā hononga maha.
E toru nga anga e kaha ana ki nga paerewa haumaru o te ao:
Kei te whai pānga tonu ngā whakaaetanga o nāianei engari kei ētahi wāhanga matua nui e tino huna ana. Hei tauira, ko te nuinga o ngā tikanga whakamātautau e arotahi ana ki te whakamātautau i ētahi wāhanga kotahi i te wā kotahi i te hua o katoa. Ka ngaro i tēnei tikanga te āhua o ngā matapae e pā ana ki te takotoranga o ngā mātaiti e hono ana tahi, pērā me te āhua o ētahi tāiri e takiruatia ana ki ētahi kōpiko motuhake ki ngā mata whatu. Ā, kaua hoki mātou e wareware i ērā momo pouri hou e rongo ana mātou i ēnei rā, ina koa ngā PFAS, i kiia ai he karakia mōrearea. Kāore ēnei mea i uru mai ki ngā tikanga herehere i te toru haurua o ngā paerewa whakaaetanga e noho ana ināianei. Ko te mea anō heke ake ake nei i te iti rawa atu ngā kaupapa whakaaetanga e whai whakaaro ana ki te tapeke o ngā putanga e puta ana i te rā i ngā taonga o te kāinga. Kāore anō mātou i mōhiotia anō pea te āhua o ngā putanga roa-rawa i te wā e noho ana te tangata i ngā rereketanga iti o ngā karakia maha i ngā hua e whakamahia ana e rātou ia rā.
Kei te pōhiko te tinihanga mō ngā hua mō ngā tamaiti, e whakakapi ana i ngā tioata tuarangi hāngai-whakapaipai ki ngā kowhatu haumaru ake e ū ana ki ngā paerewa haumaru marino, ā, e rite ana hoki ki ngā kaupapa kaitiakitanga.
Kei te nekeneke atu anō ngā kaihanga mai i ērā inka pāporore o mua, kei te nuinga o ngā VOC, ki ngā kōwhiringa huinga wai, ki ngā mea ranei e tipu ana pērā i ngā tioata parakirihau me ngā tioata rākau. E ai ki ngā raraunga hōpoko i te tau 2024, e toru hoki ngā haurua o ngā kaihautū e whakamahi ana i ngā punaha huinga wai mō ngā mea pērā i ngā tapanga kākahu mokopuna, me ērā atu peita iti i ngā taputapu kai. He pai te kōrero? Ko ngā inka rākau e iti ake ana i te whakaputanga karbona i te wā o te hanga, e toru hoki ngā haurua ina mātātoko ki ngā tīwai parakirihau e ai ki ngā kitenga a GreenTech i te tau ki muri. Ēnei panonitanga e hoatu ana he painga pono mō tā tātou hauora, me te whenua hoki.
Ko ngā huarahi hou whakaputangia kei te āwhina i te heke i te aruhanga o ngā pigment ina pā ana ngā hua mō te tamaiti ki te makau. Ko ngā hua o ngā rākau hōu e tohu ana kua iti ake te 92% te nekehanga o ngā metara taumaha i ngā bibi i karapaia ki ngā tae pūpahi, mōhio ki ngā tikanga tawhito. Ko tētahi atu whanaketanga mai i ngā tinta parahaki UV e tūpono ana tū ana i te pōrotoia ki te ao, arā noa ngā paraihe e waiho ana ki ngā hoahoa takotoranga mō ngā pacifier. Mō ngā mātua e baie ana mō te haumāta, e whakamahia ana e ētahi nui atu kaiwhakanao ngā pigment kai e ū ana ki ngā tikanga FDA e tohua ana i roto i te 21 CFR mō ngā taputapu kai mā ngā karu. E puta ana ēnei matapae ki ngā tikanga tāwhai take e tirotiro ana i ngā metara taumaha, ā, e ai ki ngā raraunga hōu mai i te Ripoata EcoInk 2024, kua iti ake i te 1 ppm te rārangi e whakaaetia ana mō ngā tamaiti katoa i ngā 58 mātai kua whakamātauria.
Āe, ka taea e ngā inka tuhinga arataki te whai i ētahi kikokiko pakaru pērā i ngā metara matara, VOCs, me ngā phthalates, e hāpai ana i ngā raru ki ngā mōkai no te mea he mātau hauhake a rātou.
Ko ngā tikanga pērā i te CPSIA, ASTM F963-17, me te EN71 e āwhina ana i te whakatakoto i ngā paerewa mō ngā inka kore-mate ki ngā hua mō ngā mōkai.
Kei te huri ngā kaihanga ki ngā inka huinga wai me ngā inka huinga tau, e whakaiti ai i te takotoranga ki ngā kikokiko mate me te āki ki ngā kaupapa whai mātauranga.
Ko ēnei tohu pāwhara e tuku ana i ngā paerewa mō te haumātao o ngā inka, āwhina ana i ngā kaihanga kia tutuki i ngā paerewa haumātao o te ao, me te tiaki i ngā ropu mātau.