> This sure makes sense to me-don't know WHY it never occurred to me
> before....
>
> Old age hasn't slowed me down at all. I was always this slow.
>
>
> *
> Subject:* Car Air-conditioning - Very Important!!!!
>
> My car book says to roll down the windows to let out
> all the hot air before turning on A/C.
> *_
> WHY ???????????_*
>
> Car Air-conditioning -
>
> No wonder more folks are dying from cancer than ever
> before.
> We wonder where this stuff comes from but here is an
> example that explains a lot of the cancer causing
> incidents.
>
> Many people are in their cars first thing in the
> morning and the last thing at
> night, 7 days a week.
>
> As I read this, it makes me feel guilty and ill.
> Please pass this on to as many people as possible.
> Guess its not too late to make some changes
>
> * Car A/C (Air
> Conditioning) MUST READ!!!*
>
> *_ Please do NOT turn on A/C
> as soon as you enter the car._*
>
> Open the windows after you enter your car
> and then turn ON the AC after a couple of minutes.
>
> Here's why: According
> to research, the car
>
> dashboard, seats, 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: 'When someone
> shares something of
> value with you and you benefit from it, you have a
> moral obligation to share
> it with others.'
>
> This is what snopes.com
> <http://snopes.com/> says. It is not the air
> conditioning in the car but the Benzene producing
> agents that cause cancer.
>
> http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/benzene.asp
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