Speakers - 2026

Title: Rapid Screening Methods of Harmful Chemicals in Textiles

Abstract

The detection rate of harmful chemicals in textiles is usually less than 1%. However, the testing process consumes a large number of reagent and consumables, which produces a large amount of waste to pollute the environment. Moreover, the test period is long and the cost is high. This project focuses on the toxic and harmful chemicals in the national mandatory standard GB 18401-2010 "National Basic Safety Technical Specifications for Textile Products", GB 31701-2015 "Safety Technical Specifications for Infant and Children's Textile Products" and GB/T 14272-2021 "Down Clothing". We have developed a series of rapid screening methods and colored products for harmful substances such as formaldehyde, azo, lead, cadmium, APEO, and so on. These rapid screening products can be used for internal quality control of large textile manufacturers, and form a supplementary verification scheme for existing standards to ensure the accuracy of the results. This presentation will elaborate on the developing process of these rapid screening methods. Moreover, it will provide the usage of the screening products and the advantage compared with the existing methods. Our products are unique, which has not been reported all around the world.

The audience take away from presentation:

The audience will get the new development about the chemical detection methods. Moreover, it correlates with the industry closely so that they will find some possibilities to bridge the scientific community and industry.