Could your car make you sick? Study highlights potentially cancerous toxins in vehicles
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Americans may be breathing in cancer-causing chemicals while they are driving, recent research suggested. Environmental experts offer their input on the potential risk.
"Considering the average driver spends about an hour in the car every day, this is a significant public health issue." "Mold can start growing on a wet surface within 24 to 48 hours." "Ultimately, reducing the amount of flame retardants added to vehicles in the first place would provide the greatest reduction in exposure risk." Amy McGorry is a contributing health writer for Fox News Digital. Follow her on Twitter @amymcgorry.
"Certainly the indoor air quality can cause health symptoms," Dr. Ken Speath, M.D., the division chief and medical director for occupational and environmental medicine at Northwell Health on Long Island, New York, told Fox News Digital.