Ruining everything: "New car smell" linked to cancer causing stuff

The much-loved smell of a new car is caused by cancer-causing chemicals, a study finds.

A cocktail of leather and plastics creates a gasoline-like odor which becomes more intense in the heat — due to an increase in energy available to odor-causing molecules.

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Sitting for just 30 minutes every day in a car exposes you to dangerous levels of carcinogens formaldehyde and acetaldehyde.

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