Are you safe from pollution

sitting inside the car?

Study says that an average American spends 101 Min a day and 5.4 Years in car in a lifetime.

It is a general notion to think that you are exposed to higher levels of air pollution if you cycle or walk than when you’re sitting inside a car. Well, you’re mistaken. Read along to uncover the lesser-known truth about the pollution inside your car.

Researchers say that the level of air-pollution in car is 15 times than outside

Particulate Matter (PM): PM from the outside air gets trapped and ultimately settles in your car. A lot of these PMs are carcinogenic.

Effects: Cardiovascular diseases and mortality risks among old people.

CARCINOGENICPARTICULATE MATTERS

Volatile Organic Compounds(VOCs): The high interior temperature accelerates the release of VOCs used in interior cleaning as well the paint used for the car. VOCs found in cars like Benzene and 1,3-butadiene are known carcinogens.

Effects: Increase in the risk of lung cancer, heart diseases, sleep disorders, blood disorders, etc..

REMEMBER “THE NEW CAR SMELL” ?

The average NOx exposure of a person inside a car was 370 parts per billion (ppb) as compared to 130 ppb for a person bicycling on a city street, as per a research by Harvard students.

SOME EASY STEPS YOU CAN TAKE

SOME EASY STEPS YOU CAN TAKE1. Before buying a car, check the website healthystuff.org. This is a free information site

maintained by the Ecology Center, which provides ratings to cars on their capacity to keep the air clean.

2. Open the car windows for a few minutes prior to driving, especially when the car is parked in sun for a long time.

3. Use fans & automated air conditioning systems.

4. Roll up your windows when in traffic so that the exhaust gases from the car in front do not enter & settle in your car as pollutants

5. Roll down your windows when on a highway so that the fresh air comes in and so that the particulates that entered in your car in the city streets do not settle down.

6. Park your car in shade whenever possible.

SOME EASY STEPS YOU CAN TAKE7. Use interior sun reflectors to keep the inside temperature down.

8. Walk or bike for short distance affairs.

9. Use public transport whenever you can. Studies report lesser exposure to toxic pollutants in buses than in cars.

10. Keep your vehicles clean and properly maintained. Dusty interiors and faulty engine can expose you and people around you to more toxic chemicals.

Who We Are?We at Oizom, as a clean-tech firm carry out our own researches about air quality at various places, the data for which could be found on our website and blogs. However, we are not only limited to informing people about our research. Our aim is to engage people and empower them with a tool that they can use to monitor the air quality and subsequently contribute to a purer air by monitoring & changing habits and reaching out to people by sharing experiences & experiments about the same.Oizom has developed Next generation air quality monitoring equipment,All the air quality meters measures real time air quality and process the data in analytics. We are committed towards making the world a better place. We believe fresh air is everyone’s right and one should get healthy air.

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