Busan City Conducts Comprehensive Safety Inspection of Kids Cafe Environments

Busan City Hall Exterior View

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Kim Jonghyo] The Busan Metropolitan City Health and Environment Research Institute will conduct a "Comprehensive Survey on the Environmental Safety of Kids Cafes."

According to the recent Kids Cafe management status survey conducted by the Ministry of Environment, harmful substances exceeding environmental safety management standards were detected in over 80% of the surveyed locations. In response, the Busan Metropolitan City Health and Environment Research Institute announced on the 9th that over the next three years, it will inspect 150 kids cafes within Busan to verify compliance with environmental safety management standards for children's activity spaces under the "Environmental Health Act," focusing on environmental hazardous factors that critically affect children's growth and development.

The survey items include six categories such as heavy metals including lead and formaldehyde in indoor air. The survey targets finishing materials such as painted facilities or wallpaper in the kids cafe indoor spaces, rubber flooring, etc., excluding eco-friendly certified products. Basic inspections will be conducted on these facilities using a simple heavy metal detector, and precise inspections will be carried out on targets suspected of exceeding environmental safety management standards.

The city plans to continuously manage by encouraging facility improvements for kids cafes exceeding the standards and providing consulting to create safe children's activity spaces.

A representative from the Health and Environment Research Institute stated, "Busan has played a leading role in the field of environmental safety surveys for children's activity spaces over the past five years," adding, "We will continue to do our best in environmental safety management so that children can play safely in a secure environment."

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