Top 5 most toxic building materials

Not all materials used in modern construction are as safe as advertised by manufacturers. As a result, the dwelling is full of various toxic secretions, which adversely affect the organs of the endocrine, respiratory and other human systems.

Next, the top 5 building materials that have the most harmful effects on human health are presented.

Polymer materials

These are well-known to all particleboard, fiberboard, PVC and PVA. Such materials are used for a wide variety of works, for example, thermal insulation, decoration, waterproofing, sealing and others. If you use them in large quantities, then the immune system of people living in the house can simply not stand it.

Fiberboard and particleboard are in demand in the production of budget furniture, PVA - synthetic and carpeting, and PVC - skirting boards, linoleum, profiles, wall panels and other products.

Asbestos and Styrofoam

Safe materials cannot be attributed to them. Asbestos has long been recognized as a carcinogenic material. In addition, its fibers, penetrating the human respiratory tract, can accumulate there in large quantities.

Expanded polystyrene is used for thermal insulation of industrial premises. As for living rooms, it is extremely undesirable to use it for thermal insulation of such spaces.

Reinforced concrete and silicate brick

These are widespread building materials, especially when it comes to reinforced concrete. But they can not be considered as safe products.

Silicate brick can be a “storeroom” for radon - a radioactive inert gas that can cause lung cancer.
Reinforced concrete, in turn, can act as a screen for electromagnetic radiation. In addition, unscrupulous manufacturers can use rocks with increased level of radioactivity, which does not allow us to talk about any comfort in erected from it houses.

Polyurethane foam

It is a gas-filled plastic made of polyol and carbon dioxide. Polyurethane foam can not be used in large quantities, especially indoors.

Polyurethane and Styrofoam

These materials over time begin to release isocyanates - toxic compounds, as well as accumulate toxins. Styrofoam also releases styrene, which adversely affects the human heart and circulatory system.