It is a general notion to think that you are exposed to higher levels of air pollution if you cycle or walk than when you’re sitting inside a car. Well, you’re mistaken. Read along to uncover the lesser-known truth about the pollution inside your car.

1. Are you safe from pollution
sitting inside the car?

2. Study says that an average American spends
101 Min a day and 5.4 Years in car in a lifetime.

4. It is a general notion to think that you are exposed to higher levels of air
pollution if you cycle or walk than when you’re sitting inside a car.
Well, you’re mistaken. Read along to uncover the lesser-known truth about
the pollution inside your car.
Researchers say that the level of air-pollution
in car is 15 times than outside

5. Particulate Matter (PM):
PM from the outside air gets trapped and
ultimately settles in your car. A lot of these
PMs are carcinogenic.
Effects:
Cardiovascular diseases and mortality risks
among old people.
CARCINOGENIC
PARTICULATE MATTERS

6. Volatile Organic Compounds(VOCs):
The high interior temperature accelerates the release of
VOCs used in interior cleaning as well the paint used for
the car. VOCs found in cars like Benzene and 1,3-
butadiene are known carcinogens.
Effects:
Increase in the risk of lung cancer, heart diseases, sleep
disorders, blood disorders, etc.
.
REMEMBER
“THE NEW CAR SMELL” ?

7. The average NOx exposure of a person inside a car was 370 parts per billion (ppb) as compared to
130 ppb for a person bicycling on a city street, as per a research by Harvard students.

8. SOME EASY STEPS
YOU CAN TAKE

9. SOME EASY STEPS YOU CAN TAKE
1. Before buying a car, check the website healthystuff.org. This is a free information site maintained by the Ecology Center,
which provides ratings to cars on their capacity to keep the air clean.
2. Open the car windows for a few minutes prior to driving, especially when the car is parked in sun for a long time.
3. Use fans & automated air conditioning systems.
4. Roll up your windows when in traffic so that the exhaust gases from the car in front do not enter & settle in your car as
pollutants
5. Roll down your windows when on a highway so that the fresh air comes in and so that the particulates that entered in your
car in the city streets do not settle down.
6. Park your car in shade whenever possible.

10. SOME EASY STEPS YOU CAN TAKE
7. Use interior sun reflectors to keep the inside temperature down.
8. Walk or bike for short distance affairs.
9. Use public transport whenever you can. Studies report lesser exposure to toxic pollutants in buses than in cars.
10. Keep your vehicles clean and properly maintained. Dusty interiors and faulty engine can expose you and people around
you to more toxic chemicals.

11. Who We Are?
We at Oizom, as a clean-tech firm carry out our own researches about air quality at
various places, the data for which could be found on our website and blogs.
However, we are not only limited to informing people about our research. Our aim is
to engage people and empower them with a tool that they can use to monitor the air
quality and subsequently contribute to a purer air by monitoring & changing habits
and reaching out to people by sharing experiences & experiments about the same.
Oizom has developed Next generation air quality monitoring equipment,
All the air quality meters measures real time air quality and process the data in
analytics.
We are committed towards making the world a better place. We believe fresh air is
everyone’s right and one should get healthy air.

12. Thank You
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