'New car smell' is the scent of carcinogens
Yeah, it is horrifying to think about how much air pollution we inflict upon ourselves. It's very hard to stop even in a two-person household, because so many of the "products" most people in the Western world are used to buying and using since an early age are violators. I am blessed with being quite sensitive to most of them, so it's an endless struggle with partners and cohabitants.<p>Basically anything bought new has it: furniture, clothes, cars, anything plastic, dyed, glued, particleboard.<p>"Cleaning" products: sprays, detergents, most "soaps", shampoos, creams, conditioners, have this type of crap in them.<p>Even most stuff which claims to be "eco-friendly" is bullshit, and has all the same crap in it if you look at the ingredients.<p>And it feels like online there is a whole army of "rational scientific defenders" ready to jump into action anytime I mention it. It feels like there is a whole playbook for discrediting this type of comment, and calling into question how "scientific" it is, etc.