Review on Posh Beanbags AMZ EPS 100L Refill Single by Denise Ward

We had to add some beads to the large Fatboy chair bag. Since we didn't need any chemicals other than those already needed for manufacturing and flame retardancy under CAL 117 laws, I chose this brand because the balls are said to be made from virgin material (non-virgin material can contain contamination from a large amount of dirt and residues on the processed products) and the price was quite competitive. discontinued trademark GT Ventures LLC in Nevada) to claim in the United States. EPS is called "Styrofoam" in the US and Canada. SAFETY RISK ASSESSMENT listing polystyrene as a carcinogen. This is not due to the product's actual compliance with the absence of a significant risk, but rather the glaring absence of such a warning here. For this reason I am deducting a star. consists of several ingredients. In addition to expanded polystyrene, it contains pentanes and styrene. Pentanes are highly volatile propellants that are released as flammable gases. Industry descriptions typically state that 85% of these are discarded within the first two days of production, with the remainder before shipment. Styrene monomer (in the form of residual vinylbenzene) is a volatile substance used as a precursor to polystyrene and is reported to make up less than 2‰ (ppm, not percent) of the finished styrofoam product. This monomer is a cause for concern: The DHHS National Toxicology Program concluded (14th Report, 2016) that styrene "is reasonably considered to be a human carcinogen," and a working group from the International Agency for Research on Cancer later updated their warning. "Possibly carcinogenic" to "Probably carcinogenic". Aware of these issues, upon delivery, I opened the bead-filled plastic bag inside the box as wide as I could, closed the box's flaps, and placed the box outside in direct sunlight for two hot (82+°F) days , to facilitate dissolving the toxic volatile chemicals it may have contained. I can't rule out the possibility that some impurities remained, but if so, it's unlikely to be volatile. Given that: [i] the CDC advises that if styrene is not inhaled, it can enter the body only if swallowed or touched as a liquid; [ ii ] EPS workers should be approximately 1000 times higher than levels normally found in the environment before minor adverse effects can occur; and [iii] the above quantity limit of 2‰ is less than the maximum allowable quantity of styrene in products used for food contact, I have concluded that it is reasonable to assume that styrofoam used in this way *prevents * will likely not pose a carcinogen risk under ordinary and normal conditions in a beanbag indoors, especially one as thick as ours that is not exposed to outdoor heat or rain. When children are at home, it is necessary to protect the zipper of the bag from children, e.g. B. Cut off the handle of the zipper so that the child cannot open it. PACKAGING The beads arrived in a large "packaging" plastic bag inside a thin cardboard mailer box. The box could not have been taped worse as a large fold of the plastic bag was left behind and taped to the flaps of the box. It took a lot of time and patience to get the tape out of the bag without tearing it or making a hole for the XPS to leak out of. I'm deducting another star for that. To make it easier to transfer the beads into the beanbag, I attached a cardboard tube about 5" in diameter to the opening of the plastic bag containing the beads (see image).