Thursday, March 10, 2011

"In- Car Air Pollution"


Indoor Air pollution can be more harmfull then normal air pollution. Recent studies have shown that Air pollution in homes, cars, and offices have been rising over the last few years. Indoor air pollution is most harmfull in cars, where humans spend much of there time. The products they use to build the cars and interior, have chemicals that can react to Sunlight/Ultraviolet rays and cause harmfull toxins to produce. The Michigan Ecology center has reported, that Polybrominated diphenyl ethers(fire retartends) and phthalates(softens plastic) are the main chemicals that are harmfull. This is a fact that is not being recognized by anyone, including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). There should be more tests and sollutions to resolve the chemical pollution being released in automobiles.Motorists can reduce their risks of pollution by rolling down car windows, parking in the shade and using interior sun reflectors. But the Ecology Center is urging carmakers to stop using such chemicals in the first place, because there are nothing positive from there use. They prevent quick flames from burning up a vehicle quickly, but im sure people would rather know they are not breathing in chemicals. recent studies by the EPA has shown that indoor air pollution is in the top five enviormental risks to the public.

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