A Michigan environmental group has issued a study report that claims up
to 500,000 people, mostly middle class elderly, die from side-effects of
"New Car Smell' each year.
"We have previously reported on the serious effects of chemical
outgassing in these new cars... but these unfortunates were set in their
ways of buying new if they could afford it." said Dudley Flora-Smith of
the Michigan Anti-Plasticizerer and Tea Group society.
"But now they are dead, having paid the price for their materialistic
profligacy. We are thinking of asking the ACLU to inquire into the
possibility of filing a class-action suit on their estates' behalf"
"But it's not only the elderly that suffer," Flora-Smith continued "
Exposing infants and newborn to the acrid atmosphere has its price, as
well."
Citing the obvious increase in childhood asthma, he adds that "increased
addiction to "foolers" - vinyl or latex nipple substitutes- on the part
of infants, and the attraction of teens to 'huffing canned chemicals'
also are related.
"The odor of the noxious gasses has its effects on the brain's pleasure
centers and sets up susceptibility to various life-long addictions!"
more here:
http://tinyurl.com/danlo

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Al Bundy - 01 Feb 2006 22:40 GMT
Talk about cracked dashboards on old cars. They seek to remove all the
plasticizers so useful items become crumbled and useless much quicker.
Some industry people would likely enjoy having this mandated so it
would generate parts and replacement business.
Backyard Mechanic - 01 Feb 2006 22:45 GMT
> Talk about cracked dashboards on old cars. They seek to remove all the
> plasticizers so useful items become crumbled and useless much quicker.
> Some industry people would likely enjoy having this mandated so it
> would generate parts and replacement business.
ummm, I KNOW.. Leather covered BALSA WOOD!

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SC Tom - 02 Feb 2006 01:57 GMT
>> Talk about cracked dashboards on old cars. They seek to remove all the
>> plasticizers so useful items become crumbled and useless much quicker.
>> Some industry people would likely enjoy having this mandated so it
>> would generate parts and replacement business.
>
> ummm, I KNOW.. Leather covered BALSA WOOD!
Nah, then you'd die from over-exposure to termite killer.
SC Tom
Ted - 02 Feb 2006 14:43 GMT
Sounds like another college thesis leaked past the confines of the
classroom..........
>A Michigan environmental group has issued a study report that claims up
> to 500,000 people, mostly middle class elderly, die from side-effects of
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>
> http://tinyurl.com/danlo
CJB - 02 Feb 2006 16:35 GMT
Honestly, when you first posted this, I thought it was an early April Fools
Day joke, especially when I read the sentence quoting, "Dudley Flora-Smith
of the Michigan Anti-Plasticizer and Tea Group society." Imagine my shock
when seeing a news report elsewhere on the internet.
CJB
>A Michigan environmental group has issued a study report that claims up
> to 500,000 people, mostly middle class elderly, die from side-effects of
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>
> http://tinyurl.com/danlo
Backyard Mechanic - 03 Feb 2006 14:36 GMT
I did write that, in respose to the study about plasticizers... but I was
serious in the tone of the content.
Like I said.... anyone can write that kind of stuff if you have an absurd
sense of humor... or an absurd sense of reality.
Doesnt matter which.
> Honestly, when you first posted this, I thought it was an early April
> Fools Day joke, especially when I read the sentence quoting, "Dudley
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>> to 500,000 people, mostly middle class elderly, die from side-effects
>> of "New Car Smell' each year.

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jcr - 03 Feb 2006 22:42 GMT
This is nothing new. The same thing happens in your home when new
carpet, drapes or furniture is brought in.