Sent in just recently via email.
Bugger me. The things you learn..........
"Many people are in their cars first thing in the morning and the last thing at night, 7 days a week.
Please do NOT turn on A/C as soon as you enter the car. Open the windows, AIR- OUT YOUR CAR, FIRST, THEN,... turn ON the AC after a couple of minutes.
Here's why: According to research, the car dashboard, seats and 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 50 mg 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 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."
