Car A/C (Air Conditioning) **MUST READ!!!

[froggy]

> **Please do NOT turn on A/C as soon as you enter the car**.*
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> *Open the windows after you enter your car and turn ON the AC 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.**
> *
> *Can also cause miscarriage.**
> *
> Acceptable Benzene level indoors is 50mg 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.
>
> *Thought*:

 

[uscitizen]

Or just roll down the windows and don't use AC at all.

 

[xsited1]

But this is the only way I can get my recommended daily allowance of Benzene.

 

[Gatekeeper]

This is why is pays to walk.
One can only be exposed to:
Sulfur Dioxide, Ozone, Particulate matter,Nitrogen Oxides, Lead, AND.
This List:
Original list of hazardous air pollutants | Technology Transfer Network Air Toxics Web site | US EPA

Wow, I think the inside of the car is safer! To the OP.. GOOD POST BTW
OH, P.S. And make it a habit to turn off the A/C prior to arriving at your destination to allow the fan to purge much of the moisture out of the ducts where mold and mildew can thrive.

 

[mudwhistle]

Most people roll down the windows to get rid of some of the heat...drive for a ways then after the AC starts kicking in they roll them up.

 

[dilloduck]

Most people roll down the windows to get rid of some of the heat...drive for a ways then after the AC starts kicking in they roll them up.

Can't Obama just ban benzene ?