There Is A Huge Potential Safety Hazard For Rubber Workers To Put Down Their Shoes.

　　 Investigation of toxic glue water

Continue 3.15 in action. Now I want to pay attention to the topic of fake glue. Recently, consumers often say that the newly bought leather shoes will smell a pungent taste when they open the packaging, and this flavor will take a long time to dissipate. After investigating, the reporter found that these shoes are generally inexpensive, and this pungent taste actually comes from glue that adhered to leather shoes. This glue often contains a variety of toxic chemicals. The smell is not acceptable to our consumers, let alone workers who work in shoe factories every day. How harmful is this poison glue? Let's first look at a difficult way to protect people who are poisoned by poison glue.

Reporters in Leiyang, Hunan, saw the "poison glue" victim Liang Jian. The healthy and lively handsome boy after 90 can only ride on a double crutch, hold back the pain, and walk hard. Two years ago, he worked in a small shoe factory in Guangzhou. He was in a coma for more than 20 days after contacting with toxic glue. Although hip surgery has been accepted, it has not prevented the collapse of the femoral head, and if it does not undergo joint replacement surgery, it will be crutches and wheelchairs waiting for Liang Jian. Liang Jian still remember the scene of poisoning two years ago.

Liang Jian, the victim of poison glue: the boss said something was abnormal. He wore clothes as a quilt. Also, it's a bad idea to have a meal and a runny nose. In the first month of 2012, he sent me to the first people's Hospital of Guangdong to take CT, CT, that is, a suspected toxic encephalopathy. Then the doctor advised me to go to Guangdong to prevent and cure the hospital. Now that I have finished the blood treatment in Guangdong, the hospital has been unconscious.

The hospital gave Liang Jian an occupational disease diagnosis certificate, and concluded that "occupational acute severe 1, 2- two chloroethane poisoning", the doctor said he was unqualified glue poisoning. Liang Jian was not the only one who was poisoned by toxic glue. During that time, nearly 40 patients who had the same symptoms as Liang Jian came out in Guangzhou, all of whom were exposed to toxic glue. Many of them were unconsciousness and trembling. Of the victims of the toxic glue event, 4 people were eventually killed and 5 patients, including Liang Jian, had severe symptoms. Two years later, the sequelae are still increasing. In addition to about one hundred thousand of the medical expenses of the hospital, joint replacement surgery needs another two hundred thousand. However, before waiting to leave the hospital, the shoe factory owner ran away after giving twenty thousand pieces. For two years, Liang Jian has been traveling to Hunan and Guangzhou to find his boss to protect his rights. The reporter followed Liang Jian once again to the place where he once worked, but the boss's phone couldn't get through at all.

And in Liang Jian's leather shoes workshop, he still produces leather shoes.

The owner of the leather shoes workshop in Guangzhou received an interview with reporters.

Reporter: Hello, I want to ask if there is a boss named Liu Xiaoping.

Shoe factory owner: he left early.

Reporter: gone. When did he leave?

Shoe factory boss: the year before last, he left.

Reporter: is this factory not his shoe factory?

Shoe factory owner: No, he left long ago.

In the event of toxic glue, sequelae are not only Liang Jian. Chen Xilong, a friend of his sick friend, has been living in hospital since his glue poisoning and is also a femoral head necrosis. At present, medical expenses are held by Yongping street, Baiyun District, Guangzhou. His boss has also run away. Osteonecrosis of the femoral head is a lifelong matter. In case of worsening after discharge, who will take care of him? Chen Xilong regretted that he had done the work of contacting glue.

Chen Xilong, the victim of poison glue, did not have this consciousness at that time. If there were any words, he would have left long ago.

　 Investigation of toxic glue water

　　 Small workshop for shoemaking Resurgence and smell of the scene

We also inquired the information in detail. In 2012, there were 38 cases of suspected occupational acute two chloroethane poisoning in Guangzhou, and all of them were distributed in Baiyun District and Liwan District 38 household units. 36 of them were unlicensed, unlicensed private small workshops. Once the virus glue disappeared, the reporter found that two years later, the production environment of many unlicensed private small shops in Guangzhou is still bad.

Reporter follows the "poison glue water" victim Liang Jian to return to Guangzhou Liwan District bridge middle street Sha Sha Village, this is one of the most concentrated areas of Guangzhou shoe making workshop. The old house in the village is rented to a variety of shoemaking workshops, many of which are unlicensed and undocumented. The factory where Liang Jian used to work is located on the third floor of the apartment building, without any sign at the door. Liang Jian told reporters that the pungent smell of glue can only be ventilated by opening windows.

Liang Jian, the victim of poison glue, (no one breathing air, how to ventilate?) open a window and two windows to ventilate. If there is no air change, the smell will be very strong. (very uncomfortable?) yes.

The reporter then walked into this unit building, each floor is a shoe making workshop, where workers are processing leather shoes by hand, and can smell a pungent taste at the doorway. On the third floor, where Liang Jian worked, he was still producing cheap leather shoes. Liang Jian's original work in shoe factories, called "shoes", is to mold shoes, glue glue to shoes, and often contact two kinds of glue, "yellow glue" and "Tian Na Shui". The workers still breathe and work without any protection, but it seems that they are accustomed to this stimulation. The only improvement is the addition of two electric fans after the poisoning.

Shoe factory boss: (if there is no wind, it will be easy to happen).

Shoe factory boss tells a reporter, because produce cheap leather shoes, factory price is low, must control cost. They can produce forty or fifty pairs of shoes a day and use dozens of Jin of glue. And glue costs 20% of the cost of making shoes, and the glue that meets the national standard is 150 yuan a barrel. They had to buy cheap goods on glue.

Shoe factory owner: (like how much glue you have is a barrel) it's dozens of dollars. Where can I buy this glue? This is bought at the shoe store.

Reporters then went to four or five nearby shoe materials stores and bought cheap glue. The boss told reporters that the pungent glue was too strict to detect and dangerous.

　　 Shoe material Shop owner: if you buy it, don't say that it is totally irresponsible (no brand name) that you bought here. There is no official brand that dare to do this thing.

　 Investigation of toxic glue

Guangdong glue workshop produces "poison glue" cost only half of the qualified products.

Shoe material stores are still selling when they know that glue is poisonous. In the interview, we learned that the toxic substances of glue mainly came from the solvent of melted rubber. The key to toxic and non toxic glue is to see what solvent is used. Then, where did these toxic glue come from and how they were produced, and continue to look at the reporter's investigation.

The reporter came to Yongda resin, located in Sanlian Industrial Zone, Heshan, Guangdong. Except for a very small sign, there was no sign of it. It was very low-key. Walking into the factory gate, the old plastic bucket was filled with rust. Further inside, it is a warehouse. The workers are sticking sticky glue to the crude plastic bucket. Next to the glue is a chemical bucket without a name. Yongda chemical sales staff told reporters that their glue has "GB" and "non-standard" two, the national standard is to achieve the national standard of glue, to 120 yuan a barrel, instead of the standard glue, as long as less than 70 yuan a barrel. The sales staff told reporters that their glue must not reach the standard.

Guangdong Heshan Yongda chemical sales staff: (what is the difference between that barrel and your stuff) instead of adding another solvent, it is not environmentally friendly anyway. We can't pass. We are foreign (provincial) anyway.

As the Guangdong provincial safety supervision and quality inspection departments have intensified their inspections, these small workshops are very vigilant and keep tabs on adding solvents. When the reporter went to the factory backyard, a big dog suddenly rushed up to the reporter. After driving away the bad dog, the reporter saw the workshop for producing glue. Here are some crude reactors. The salesmen told reporters that their glue sold well, and they could be customized according to the needs of customers.

Guangdong Heshan Yongda chemical sales staff: the cheapest 63, the customer set 361 barrels, and also set more than 400 barrels. They are loaded with more than 10 kilograms. Anyway, it's cheaper and cheaper. If you want more than 100, I will give you the GB, you need 100 or so, I will give you the non-standard. If you want 60 or 70, I'll give it to you.

Reporters then came to the South China Sea, the union resin, Tengli resin, are very humble small workshops, the staff here are very vigilant. Insiders told reporters that regular solvent type glue is added to the solvent is gasoline, and these small businesses to add is banned by the state of two chloroethane and other highly toxic chemicals. The cost gap is as high as 50%.

Lin Runqiang, general manager of Guangdong Oriental resin Co., Ltd.: the main raw material is gasoline. The current market price is more than 8000. If the product is not up to standard, the price of two chloroethane is only more than 4 thousand.

　 Investigation of toxic glue

Inspection of glue exceeded the standard 15 times.

We can see that small glue factories are desperate to add toxic chemical solvents for profiteering. According to the national standards for adhesives for shoes and bags, the limit of benzene content is less than 5 grams per kilogram, and 50 grams of dichloromethane, respectively. And our reporter sent glue to small workshops, glue purchased from the market and glue produced in the small workshop to be tested by the authority. All the glue exceeded the standard. The highest toluene exceeded 8 times, and the highest level of methylene chloride exceeded 15 times. Continue to see reporter survey.

In Guangzhou, Liu Yimin, vice president of the occupational disease prevention and treatment hospital, told reporters that in recent years, from occupational diseases diagnosed, organic solvents are toxic rubber poisoning, which has accounted for 1/3 of the total number. Many shoemaking and bag workers will suffer chronic poisoning even if there is no acute poisoning symptoms.

Liu Yimin, vice president of Guangzhou occupational disease prevention and treatment hospital: if this protection is not available, it will work underground in this environment. After a period of two years, there may be chronic injury, anemia, aplastic anemia, leukemia, blood cancer and so on.

Volatile organic compounds on the one hand will lead to the formation of fine particles, forming a common haze. On the other hand, it will also lead to higher concentration of ozone near the ground, which makes photochemical smog pollution even more serious. During the interview, the reporter learned that in fact, there are already water-soluble glue without benzene and dichloromethane. Green glue But the promotion is very difficult, and the equipment requirements are also very high.

Lin Runqiang, general manager of Guangdong Oriental resin Co., Ltd.: first of all, the problem of habitual habits that workers may think of in operation is, for example, their glue is different from that of oil-based glue, and then they may be more calculating. If you brush your gum slowly, you may get less income, and they will have some conflict.

But reporters also understand that at present, such as Nike and other brand shoes have been 90% water-soluble glue. Experts say that if we want to promote environmental glue, we need national mandatory standards.

After taking a painkiller, Liang Jian, a victim of glue, walked into the Guangzhou Civil Affairs Bureau. But because he is not a household register in Guangzhou, he can not get relief. Toxic glue has been gradually forgotten, and young people have been working in three no small workshops, using toxic glue.

Liang Jian: don't use this unlicensed glue. I think the government should also investigate and deal with these unlicensed glue so as not to allow them to enter the market.