Like that new car smell? Well, it might be a by-product of one of the most hazardous parts of your new car according to Toxic At Any Speed: Chemicals in Cars and the Need for Safe Alternatives, a report from the Ecology Center, a nonprofit environmental organization based in Ann Arbor, Michigan.Air bags, seat belts, crumple zones, and so forth make cars obviously safer than ever, but the toxins released by the interior materials used in nearly all cars could be posing significant health risks.
The report went on to say that not only are vehicle drivers and passengers breathing toxic air, but are also in constant physical contact with dangerous chemicals leaching from just about every interior surface of a new vehicle. The report says these chemicals give off gases that not only contaminate the air, but also coat interior surfaces with toxic "fog," generally seen as that new car film common to new car interior windshields and windows. These are the same type of chemicals that are, "linked to birth defects, impaired learning, liver toxicity, premature births and early puberty in laboratory animals amongst other serious health problems," according to EC. "... autos are chemical reactors, releasing toxins before we even turn on the ignition."
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