Don't turn on Aircond immediately

Do not turn on A/C immediately
as soon as you enter the car!

Please open the windows after you enter your car and do not turn ON the

air-conditioning immediately. 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.

9 who am I - questions:

  [SK]

May 21, 2009 at 2:44 PM

the research didn't say open the window for how long before can turn on aircond??

  .:: Ant ::.

May 21, 2009 at 4:14 PM

*haiz* It'll be nice if we could go back to the safe days of bullock-carts and trishaws. Slow but steady.

+Ant+

  Unknown

May 21, 2009 at 9:42 PM

Wow... Luckily i didnt drive in KL. Haha!!!

  A Common Singaporean

May 21, 2009 at 9:45 PM

wah, but if dont turn on aircon immediately very hot leh. especially the weather in our region. if i dun turn on aircon i may die of heatstroke first before i get the cancer.

the world we live in damn jialat. rear chicken, got bird flu, eat cow, scared of mad cow disease, then the swine flu thing, then cannot turn on aircon now...

  CHAO YU

May 22, 2009 at 12:05 AM

thx 4 the useful info!!but when it become something u use too..u have to correct it veri diff lo..

  Jason

May 22, 2009 at 12:30 AM

Oh my...no aircon in car?
I might just be a roasted piglet. lolz

  ~eRiC~

May 22, 2009 at 1:42 AM

OOoo, i didnt know that... sure i''ll always forget..

  Twilight Man

May 22, 2009 at 10:27 AM

I didnt know it is so harmful to switch on so fast but I never did that coz my mechanic told me to let the car move for 30 seconds before switching on so that battery's lifespan could be prolonged.

  LEon

May 22, 2009 at 11:34 AM

What about aircon at home? is it the same?