[Spridgets] FW: Important on air conditioning!

Kathryn Bales kgb at frontiernet.net
Tue Jun 22 16:54:54 MDT 2010


> 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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