Safety news: Car A/C Alert

I have something to share; thanks to Assoc. Prof. Dato' Dr. Saharuddin, the Dean of Faculty of Maritime Studies and Marine Science, UMT. It's a fact, right that nowadays almost everyone owns a car, so here's the deal;

Please do not turn on the 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 cardashboard, sofa, air freshener emits Benzene, a Cancer causingtoxin (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.

So.

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.

I put up a pic here which I totally do not have any idea what's it about, but I think it's kinda cool and yeah, it's related.

And he ended his email with;

"When someone shares something of value with you and you benefit from it, you have a moral obligation to share it with others"