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Old 14-04-2023, 05:15 AM #1
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Default Formaldehyde Plastic is in New Cars, the Smell gives you Cancer

If you have a New Car
and are in Sunlight
Open your windows


[That ‘new car smell’ can increase drivers’
lifetime cancer risk]


[What are the three highest-risk VOCs?

Formaldehyde has many uses, primarily in the production of other chemicals and resins. It is also found in adhesives, disinfectants and some cosmetics such as nail hardening products

Benzene is used as a starting material in the production of a wide range of chemicals required by industrial manufacturing processes. End products include plastics, foams, dyes, detergents, solvents and insecticides. It is also found in cigarette smoke.

Acetaldehyde is used in water treatment products and also found in paints, adhesives and air fresheners

Source: Gov.uk/European Chemicals Agency]


[It may sound like scaremongering
of the highest order, but that much sought
after ‘new car smell’ could increase drivers’
risk of cancer – a risk that grows with higher
temperatures.

A study by Chinese and US researchers
has shown the levels of three carcinogenic volatile
organic compounds (VOCs) emitted by the interior
of a new car, known as off-gassing,
far exceed recommended levels,
contributing to incremental
lifetime cancer risk (ILCR)
and ‘indicating a high health risk to drivers’.

The team observed the levels of
20 common VOCs in a new mid-sized hybrid
SUV parked outside for 12 days during sunny,
cloudy and rainy weather.]

https://metro.co.uk/2023/04/13/that-...risk-18604962/

Study finds formaldehyde, a class one carcinogen that can cause cancer, exceeded the acceptable threshold when monitored inside a car

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/202...e-risk-cancer/


Was on Headliners
they used the Telegraph Paper,
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