- Snopes.com confirms it is reasonably true
http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/benzene.asp
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- 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. Hmmm. 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.
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- Car A/C (Air Conditioning) MUST READ!!!
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- Please do NOT turn on A/C as soon as you enter the car.
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- Open the windows after you enter your car and turn
ON the AC after a couple of minutes.
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- Here's Why
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- According to a research, the car dashboard, sofa, air
freshener emit Benzene, a Cancer causing toxin
- (carcinogen - take time to observe the smell of heated
plastic in your car).
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- In addition to causing cancer, Benzene poisons your bones,
causes anemia and reduces white blood cells.
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- Prolonged exposure will cause Leukemia, increasing the
risk of cancer.
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- Can also cause miscarriage.
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- Acceptable Benzene level indoors is 50mg per sq.ft. A
car parked indoors with windows closed will contain 400-800 mg of Benzene.
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- 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.
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- People who get into the car, keeping windows closed will
inevitably inhale, in quick succession, excessive amounts of the toxin.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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