is there any truth to this causing cancer?

is there any truth to this causing cancer?
today i received 5 warning emails from family saying this:

". Many people are in their cars first thing in the morning and the last thing at night, 7 days a week. As I read this, it makes me feel guilty and ill. its not too late to make some changes

Car A/C (Air Conditioning)
Please do NOT turn on A/C as soon as you enter the car.

Open the windows after you enter your car and turn ON the AC after a couple of minutes.

Here's why:

According to a research, the car dashboard, sofa, air freshener emit Benzene, a Cancer causing toxin
(carcinogen - take time to observe the smell of heated plastic in your car).

In addition to causing cancer, Benzene poisons your bones, causes anemia and reduces white blood cells.

Prolonged exposure will cause Leukemia, increasing the risk of cancer.

Can also cause miscarriage.

Acceptable Benzene level indoors is 50mg per sq.ft. A car parked indoors with windows closed will contain 400-800 mg of Benzene.

If parked outdoors under the sun at a temperature above 60 degrees F, the Benzene level goes up to 2000-4000 mg, 40 times the acceptable level.

People who get into the car, keeping windows closed will inevitably inhale, in quick succession, excessive amounts of the toxin.

Benzene is a toxin that affects your kidney and liver.. What's worse, it is extremely difficult for your body to expel this toxic stuff.

So friends, please open the windows and door of your car - give time for interior to air out -dispel the deadly stuff - before you enter."

i dont believe this myself and if it is true i doubt its any more dangerous than any other cancer causing agents.

do you know if this is for real or just another hoax?

- ƦєdAиgєℓ
Read this website that answers your very question lol. I would be more worried about breathing in the carbon dioxide from the cars driving past really :)

http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/automobiles/a/benzene_in_car.htm

- Bethany
here's a great site to help with fwd's like this. :)


http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/benzene.asp

Hope that it helps. :)
Bethany

- DaBasset *Ever heard of Google?*
When in doubt, check Snopes.

http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/benzene.asp

- pye
this is some new information,thanks for sharing.
i do not know if this is a hoax or not.it could be true as well,you never know.but if these weird things can cause cancer then i think we should just carry on with our normal life,rather than getting all worried and stressed up about things like this.the chances maybe equal on both sides.maybe tomorrow we will hear that walking on the pavement with foot wear can cause cancer,and it will be followed by some kind of explanation and then what?should we take out our shoes and walk on bare feet?its better to just avoid bad habits,live a healthy life and enjoy life.all problems solved.

- Falcon Eddie
This is quite real. You should join the Amish and ride in a horse & buggy.

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