The cold winter in Beijing made Tian Kai feel cold, but it was less than the chill that brought him in the recent radiation protection apparel industry. As the chief operating officer of Shanghai Yindun Textile Technology Co., Ltd., his work in recent days was to answer the phone at a high frequency. From the media to the enterprise, there was only one topic to ask: On December 17th, CCTV’s “Investigation” Is pregnant radiation suits useful?
People who mention silver shield textiles may be unfamiliar, but their radiation protection brand “Youjia” is well-known to many consumers. On December 17th, CCTV invited an electronic testing laboratory to inspect pregnant women's radiation suits. The results showed that pregnant women's radiation suits actually had more than 90% shielding effect from radiation sources in a single direction, but in real life Sources of electromagnetic radiation from different directions, radiation protection suits not only do not play a protective role, but will make the radiation intensity in radiation suits become greater.
It is such a survey report that Tian Kai has experienced an unprecedented crisis.
“CCTV's investigation and experimental results are one-sided. Our entire industry has doubts about this report. As a media with great influence, we believe that its investigation should be authoritative, but unfortunately, this survey is very inaccurate and the experiments are flawed. "Tian Kai voice is urgent.
The same attitude with Tian Kai is also the strategic director Wei Da of Shanghai October Mommy. "The experiment conducted by CCTV was too one-sided, and even some were taken out of context and not rigorous enough," he said.
The report of the Chinese authorities recommended by the Chinese Academy of Sciences in the company's doubting report was actually a "Laboratory of the Rohde & Schwarz Company." (CCTV) This report made us unprepared. According to Tian Kai, there was a small night on the 17th. A friend of the company called to ask what to do. “CCTV’s report was on the evening of the 17th. On the 18th, more than 60 manufacturers opened an industry conference in Shanghai, including the radiation protection clothing brands such as UPlus, October Mommy and Qi Ni. How do we discuss this matter? ."
"Already there are consumers calling to consult, there are also returns, we will try to explain, if we insist on returning we will handle it." Tian Kai further said that the current corporate sales have been affected.
“This is definitely an impact on the industry. Three months of industry freezing can not be avoided, and many small businesses even closed for this purpose.” Tian Kai is very sure, “We also raised several questions internally about this report, including the authority of the experimental institution. Sex and the motive behind it all make us puzzled.”
According to Tian Kai, the domestic authoritative testing institute recommended by the Chinese Academy of Sciences of CCTV in the program is actually a corporate laboratory of "Rode & Schwarz". “We called in the past today. The front desk of the company is very straightforward to say that CCTV programs are experiments on radiation protection suits. But is such a laboratory qualified? Is it recommended by the Chinese Academy of Sciences? Is the Chinese Academy of Sciences unable to do this? Experiment? This company is actually a mobile service operator, and we really don't know what the Central Party is looking for such a lab."
If the authoritativeness of the laboratory is one of the questions, the practice of the experiment also makes the radiation-protective clothing company puzzled. “The laboratory environment is not a standard laboratory for the detection of electromagnetic radiation. Not to mention that their test instruments are directional acceptance devices. The result of non-multidirectional tests is that the experimental transmitting antenna is placed directly above the signal receiving device. This type of electromagnetic wave is emitted in daily life. There is basically no existence. This is a false proposition!” Tian Kai questioned.
The retired senior engineer Li Guodong of the Shanghai Testing Center under the Shanghai Measurement and Measurement Technology Research Institute also did not approve CCTV's experimental results. “The inspection methods requested by CCTV are not scientific. Before I retired, I had been doing research on electromagnetic radiation at the Shanghai Testing Center. There was a problem with the testing environment in this experiment, so the results were subject to verification.”
At present, several major anti-radiation brands such as Yujia and October Mommy have joined other nearly 60 industrial enterprises to send samples to Shanghai Metrology and Measurement Technology Research Institute, East China National Measurement and Test Center and China Shanghai Testing Center for joint testing. The test results will be drawn on December 20.
Industry standards lack of radiation protection obedience to radiation protection after the beginning of the military transfer to the people in the 1990s has always been questioned "We will certainly defend the rights of this matter, the specific form and extent will be based on the test results." Tian Kai is very sure. "Do not rule out urging the association to join forces with other companies in collective protection."
According to Wei Da, radiation protection suits started from the military in the 1990s and have been used by the military until after they were converted into civilian use. “It will be questioned almost every two years! But this time there was no real interview with our company and the real experts in the industry.”
Tian Kai said that the questioning interval is even used once a year. "But our sales are getting bigger and bigger. This is more convincing than our explanation."
According to Tian Kai, the entire radiation protection apparel industry can be said to have more than sixty companies with brand names, and annual sales are about 5 billion. “Tianxiang, Youjia, October Mommy, Chini, and Tingmei should be ranked in the top five, but the specific ranking cannot be determined. The sales of these five companies should account for 60% of the entire industry.”
Most of the headaches for Tian Kai and Wei Da are that there is currently no industry standard. “We started to promote standards development from the previous year, and also established the National Electromagnetic Shielding Materials Standardization Technical Committee. The sponsors include colleges, experts, clothing companies, and fabric companies. There are many companies such as Youjia, Qi Ni, and 3M. The purpose is to really have a national approved radiation protection clothing industry standard introduced, this clothing standard should be able to come out in the first half of next year, I believe that with this standard will make the industry healthier."
“This is also a good thing! The arrival of winter means that spring is approaching. We do not think that such an experimental trap can shrink the industry. We wait for the results of the experiment before we do rights protection.” Tian Kai said.
