Thursday, May 21, 2009

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 comments:

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

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

    +Ant+

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

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  4. 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...

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

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

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

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  8. 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.

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  9. What about aircon at home? is it the same?

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