Your Car Can Be Hazardous to Your Health: the Book Automakers and Politicians Prefer You Not Read

A book which uniquely and convincingly serves as a factual health guide to the car-buying public. It describes the various and often unrecognized health problems associated with automobile ownership. The problems as they relate to back comfort, respiratory effects and hazards of the new car smell are presented in highly experienced and researched detail. A valuable asset to those with various orthopedic problems including the lower back, neck, and arms, it describes a system for evaluating the orthopedic status of the individual with relationship to the selection of the car seat. The author's extensive experience and personal research concerning the improvement of the interior air quality of the automobile so as to minimize lung problems will be a rewarding guide to better respiratory health for all car-buyers. The renewed worldwide interest in the toxic effects of the new car smell is presented in an enlightening combination of personal experiences accompanied by past and present worldwide research into this often misunderstood and neglected concern. It is the only book ever written which deals with the heretofore unappreciated facets of one's health as it relates to automobile ownership. A must - read guide and reference for the car-buying public.