Please open the windows after you enter your car and do
not TURN ON your air-conditioning immediately.
According to a research done by University of California
undergraduates, the car dashboard, seats, air freshener
will EMIT benzene, a cancer causing toxin
(CARCINOGEN). Take note of the heated plastic-like
smell in your car!
In addition to causing cancer, it POISONS your bones,
causes anemia and reduces white blood cells. Prolonged
exposure will cause leukemia, increasing the risk of
cancer. It may also causes miscarriage.
Acceptable benzene level indoors is 50mg per square
feet. A car parked indoors with the windows closed will
contain around 400mg - 800mg of benzene. If parked
outdoors under the sun at a temperatures above 60
degrees F, the benzene level goes up to 2,000mg -
4,000mg, 40 times the acceptable level.
The people inside the car will inevitably inhale an
excess amount of the toxin. It is recommended that you
open the windows and doors to give time for the
interior to air out before you enter.
Benzene is a toxin that affects your kidney and liver,
and is very difficult for your body to expel this toxic
stuff.