New Cars Are Bad For You! Sick Car Syndrome (Part 1)
Book Details
Author(s)Hiroshi Nakano
PublisherGocoo Inc.
ISBN / ASINB004LROQ8A
ISBN-13978B004LROQ84
Sales Rank2,553,890
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
[DESCRIPTION]
Ever wonder where that “new car smell†comes from? You won’t like the answer. It turns out the smell is the result of chemical offgassing. A toxic blend of volatile organic compounds — that’s right, a poisonous chemical fog — is being slowly released into the air you breathe. It wafts up from all the plastic and leather and synthetic materials that make up the trim of your shiny new car. And here’s the kicker: The fancier the car, the worse the danger to you and your family.
Maybe you’ve heard of Sick Building Syndrome. Well, Sick Car Syndrome is no different. The kinds of materials carmakers use to create those fancy car interiors consumers love are just chock-full of volatile compounds that pose a public health hazard, and sure enough, people are getting sick. Learn all the facts from a best-selling environmental journalist/activist from Japan. This book presents shocking evidence exposing the dangers of indoor air pollution in cars and tells you what you need to know to keep yourself safe.
[EXCERPT FROM PROLOGUE]
“Once you’ve seen all the experimental evidence and the many facts I’ll be presenting to you in this book, I’m certain you’ll not only be shocked, but even angered and horrified by the reality of this issue. After all, it was the same for me.
What I can tell you right now is that inside any new car built by any carmaker in the world there swirls a noxious cocktail of more than 270 different harmful chemical compounds that threaten your health and your very life. That’s a fact. And if you take anything away from this book, let it be this—that the new car smell signals the presence of toxic gases in the cabin.â€
[CONTENTS]
PROLOGUE
A message to 500 million drivers: That “new car smell†is actually poison gas!
(So do you still want a new car for your family…?)
CHAPTER 1 New Cars Are Bad For You
–The Sick Car Paradox: The Most Expensive Cars Are The Most Dangerous
–Sick Cars Are The Next Asbestos
–What Does “Automotive Safety†Really Mean?
–Let’s Care About The “Health Performance†Of Our Cars!
–New Cars Are Filled With Poison Gas
–Our Investigation Into The Sick Car Problem
–The Health Impacts Of Emissions From Materials In Car Interiors
–Seeing For Myself The Astonishing Pollution Levels Inside Cars
–One Researcher’s Battle To Prove Just How Dangerous Car Cabins Really Are
[ABOUT THE AUTHOR]
Hiroshi Nakano holds a BA from Waseda University’s School of Commerce. In 1998 he founded the Eco-Life Institute, an environment and sustainability think tank that he continues to preside over. As of 2010, Hiroshi has conducted over 1600 environmentally-focused interviews with governments, corporations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) worldwide, so far investing more than 200 million yen into research studies and fact-gathering in a passionate effort to collect information on important topics relating to the environment. He is a well-known environmental journalist and environmental business consultant.
Ever wonder where that “new car smell†comes from? You won’t like the answer. It turns out the smell is the result of chemical offgassing. A toxic blend of volatile organic compounds — that’s right, a poisonous chemical fog — is being slowly released into the air you breathe. It wafts up from all the plastic and leather and synthetic materials that make up the trim of your shiny new car. And here’s the kicker: The fancier the car, the worse the danger to you and your family.
Maybe you’ve heard of Sick Building Syndrome. Well, Sick Car Syndrome is no different. The kinds of materials carmakers use to create those fancy car interiors consumers love are just chock-full of volatile compounds that pose a public health hazard, and sure enough, people are getting sick. Learn all the facts from a best-selling environmental journalist/activist from Japan. This book presents shocking evidence exposing the dangers of indoor air pollution in cars and tells you what you need to know to keep yourself safe.
[EXCERPT FROM PROLOGUE]
“Once you’ve seen all the experimental evidence and the many facts I’ll be presenting to you in this book, I’m certain you’ll not only be shocked, but even angered and horrified by the reality of this issue. After all, it was the same for me.
What I can tell you right now is that inside any new car built by any carmaker in the world there swirls a noxious cocktail of more than 270 different harmful chemical compounds that threaten your health and your very life. That’s a fact. And if you take anything away from this book, let it be this—that the new car smell signals the presence of toxic gases in the cabin.â€
[CONTENTS]
PROLOGUE
A message to 500 million drivers: That “new car smell†is actually poison gas!
(So do you still want a new car for your family…?)
CHAPTER 1 New Cars Are Bad For You
–The Sick Car Paradox: The Most Expensive Cars Are The Most Dangerous
–Sick Cars Are The Next Asbestos
–What Does “Automotive Safety†Really Mean?
–Let’s Care About The “Health Performance†Of Our Cars!
–New Cars Are Filled With Poison Gas
–Our Investigation Into The Sick Car Problem
–The Health Impacts Of Emissions From Materials In Car Interiors
–Seeing For Myself The Astonishing Pollution Levels Inside Cars
–One Researcher’s Battle To Prove Just How Dangerous Car Cabins Really Are
[ABOUT THE AUTHOR]
Hiroshi Nakano holds a BA from Waseda University’s School of Commerce. In 1998 he founded the Eco-Life Institute, an environment and sustainability think tank that he continues to preside over. As of 2010, Hiroshi has conducted over 1600 environmentally-focused interviews with governments, corporations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) worldwide, so far investing more than 200 million yen into research studies and fact-gathering in a passionate effort to collect information on important topics relating to the environment. He is a well-known environmental journalist and environmental business consultant.
