Originally Posted by
Rob_E
But when discussing air quality and respiratory health of car vs. bike commuting, "new car smell" isn't going to be a huge factor given that most people are not driving a new car, and exposure decreases the longer you drive.
Also that study also fails to link actual health concerns to the involved chemicals at the measured levels. It just said we should be "concerned."
My father used to drive a 1996 Ford Tarus with a heavy dose of the new car smell. It made me nasious and dizzy as soon as I got inside. Soon my eyes would start to sting and then inevitably within an hour of beign a passenger in this car I would throw up. After several family trips like this he gave up and bought a new car, being mindfull to avoid the "new car" smell.
I hear many couches have simular problems with chemical odors, if not worse.