FOR YOUR SAFETY

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 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. According to a research done, the car dashboard, sofa, air freshener emits Benzene, a Cancer causing toxin (carcinogen - take note of the

Heated plastic 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. May also cause miscarriage. Acceptable Benzene level indoors is 50 mg per sq. ft... A car parked indoors with the 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.... & the people inside the car will inevitably inhale an excess amount of the toxins.

It is recommended that you open the windows and door 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.

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Anonymous's picture

This link isn't a valid

This link isn't a valid source as it's also just stating exactly the same as hundreds of other websites.

Please post the link to the real research done by UCLA. I tried to google it and nothing related to Air Con research came up. What came up was a research about benzene and CO2 poisoning of toll booth employees!

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Hello, this is an interesting

Hello, this is an interesting article. You mentioned that it is according to research. Can you specify the source / link (Web article, journal name & pub title, etc)?

Thanks!
Michael

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Micheal Check out this link:

Micheal

Check out this link: http://connection.ngkwee.com/2008/09/20/open-the-windows-after-you-enter....

The research was carried out by University of California.

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Great, Thanks! Michael

Great, Thanks!

Michael