Is it harmful to the body if it comes into contact with the paint on the mouth of the cup when drinking water?

Probably many friends did not pay attention to the content shared today. Maybe some friends noticed it, but consciously ignored it due to lack of knowledge in this area and other reasons.

Friends who are reading the article can compare it with the stainless steel water cup you are using. When you drink water, will your mouth come into contact with the spray-painted paint coating? Maybe you find that the mouth of your water cup is not spray-painted, so is this water cup an “insulation cup” for daily use? Maybe you find that the mouth of the water bottle you use has a spray paint coating, and your lips will touch the coating surface when you drink water. Are you wondering if this has anything to do with it?

Most of the traditional thermos cups currently sold on the market are not covered with spray paint coating due to structural design reasons. Many water cups, mainly coffee cups, are covered with spray paint coating. If you are more careful, you can purchase them through e-commerce. When you search on the platform, you will also find that some coffee cups of the same style are covered with coating and some are not. Why is this?

The reason for these differences must be discussed from a health perspective. The editor has mentioned in many articles what spraying processes are used on the surface of water cups. The proportion of spraying and spraying is the largest. Since both paint and plastic powder are chemicals, in addition to heavy metals, they also contain harmful substances such as butyraldehyde. In addition, some paints have a certain degree of water solubility, so if you drink from a water cup, your mouth will be exposed to them. If the paint coating in the location is exposed to water, it will release harmful substances that will contaminate drinking water and cause harm to the human body.

Ten years ago, water cups exported overseas were clearly required to not have any spray paint or powder coating on the area where the mouth of the cup comes into contact. Even if some paint splashes on the mouth of the water cup during spraying, it is not allowed.

However, in recent years, the paints and plastic powder materials used in daily necessities such as water cups and kettles that are in contact with people’s mouths have been greatly improved. For example, paints not only have water-based paints, but also food-grade paints have appeared on the market, which are not only safe and harmless It is also environmentally friendly, so now some water cups on the market are also spray-coated. Of course, there are many reasons for spray coating, some are due to aesthetic reasons, and some are due to product structure and processing methods, etc., but no matter what the reason is, the basic reason is that the paint has reached the requirements of safe food grade and harmless to the human body. #Thermos cup

So if that’s the case, why aren’t all water glass rims spray-coated? This article written by the editor invites friends to pay attention to us. Strictly speaking, only paints that are safe, food-grade and harmless to the human body can be used to spray the mouth of water cups. This does not mean that all paints and plastic powder materials on the market All are safe and up to standard. The higher the material requirements, the higher the material cost will be, so not every factory will use these materials. Secondly, it also depends on the design and structural requirements of the water cup’s appearance. To be on the safe side, if you can’t tell whether it’s safe or not, it is recommended that you choose a water cup with a cup mouth that is not spray-painted but only polished, so that you will not have more worries when using it.