Could your car be making you sick? Have you read any of the articles that list the many toxic materials you can be exposed to just traveling within your car? The list is long. However, in doing research on this issue, we notice a number of matters that are hard to find addressed in articles: (1) up-to-date reports on which chemicals are found in which brands of autos, (2) specific symptoms to watch for and which toxins are the probable causes, (3) natural ways to counteract the negative impact on your body of the toxic materials, and (4) how to influence the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to do a better job of outlawing dangerous materials.

To start your research we found a list of supplements that are reported to help your body eliminate the auto-related toxins. These supplements include vitamins A, C, E, and B; minerals like iron, calcium, zinc, magnesium, and selenium; flavonoids; green tea extracts; and n-acetyl cysteine (NAC). Other helpful options include drinking pure water, eating whole fruits and vegetables, getting enough fiber, reducing stress, getting enough sleep (7-9 hours a night), and reducing or eliminating sugar, alcohol, and refined flour-based foods from your diet.

Become aware. Create and execute your plan. Encourage others to do likewise.

Issue: How are you going to address the toxins in your car?

AHHA strives to maintain a neutral position on issues and views knowledge as power. For those interested in this month’s issue, the articles below were selected to indicate the variety of aspects for this issue. We have also located key reports referenced in media articles.

Car Sick: The Toxic Soup Inside Your Car (1/27/22)
Alliance for Natural Health USA

Chemicals under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Chemicals of Emerging Concern
California Department of Toxic Substances Control

Cancer-causing chemical inside the car cannot be dusted or wiped way, research says (1/27/22)
David Volz, Environmental Toxicologist, University of California – Riverside
News-Medical

Partial dust removal in vehicles does not mitigate human exposure to organophosphate esters (revised 12/1/21)
Environmental Research, Vol 205
by Aalekhya Reddam, Nicholas Herkert, Heather M.Stapleton, David C.Volz

Acute and Developmental Behavioral Effects of Flame Retardants and Related Chemicals in Zebrafish
by K. Jarema, D. Hunter, R. Shaffer, M. Behl, S. Padilla
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Toxic Cars: A Unique Cocktail of Chemicals (10/7/19)
Living Natural Today

Car Study 2012
Healthy Stuff

New Study Ranks the Least Toxic Cars, Honda Civic Tops the List (2012)
Inhabitat

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