Do not turn on A/C immediately as soon as you enter the car. Open the windows after you enter your car and turn ON the air-conditioning after a couple of minutes.
Here's why: According to a research, the car dashboard, sofa, air freshener emit Benzene, a Cancer causing toxin (carcinogen - take time to observe the smell of heated plastic in your car). In addition to causing cancer, Benzene poisons your bones, causes anemia and reduces white blood cells. Prolonged exposure will cause Leukemia, increasing the risk of cancer. May also cause miscarriage.
Acceptable Benzene level indoors is 50 mg per sq. ft. A car parked indoors with windows closed will contain 400-800 mg of Benzene. If parked outdoors under the sun at a temperature above 60 degrees F, the Benzene level goes up to 2000-4000 mg, 40 times the acceptable level... People who get into the car, keeping windows closed will inevitably inhale, in quick succession excessive amounts of the toxin.
Benzene is a toxin that affects your kidney and liver. What's worse, it is extremely difficult for your body to expel this toxic stuff.
So friends, please open the windows and door of your car - give time for interior to air out. Dispel the deadly stuff before you enter.
Wow ...this is pretty scary! You would think the car industry would have some kind of warning! Who could we contact or write to make this known to all.
ReplyDeleteCandy,
ReplyDeleteI always wondered why I would sneeze after I started my car? You should maybe contact the EPA. Oh-maybe not! Ha!
Take care,
Dr. Bob
P.S. I am not the expert on this matter.
Is this as harmful to infants in the back seat or just the ones in the front directly in front of the air conditioner?
ReplyDeleteDanielle,
ReplyDeleteI am not the expert on this matter, but I would probably assume that it would effect passengers in the backseat.Look into it!
Thanks,
Dr. Bob Moulas