The plastic in our Dakotas is outgassing all sorts of interesting
chemicals which are actually unhealthy to breath. This is especially true
when you heat the plastic up. Just recently it was recommended to not
heat up your left over dinner in Tuperware and similar containers because
the heat causes the plastic to break down and emit toxic gases into the
food (that you're getting ready to eat).
Mind you I'm not paranoid, but I've done a bit of reading on the subject
and that lovely new car smell ain't so lovely. Also a lot of seemingly
safe household chemicals we use to clean our windows, dashboards etc are
probably not very safe or healthy to breath or be in prolonged contact
with either. Lord knows what damage (chromosome etc) we are doing to our
bodies when we use things like brake or carb cleaner.
There's a very good book for artists called the The Artist's Complete
Health and Safety Guide, by Monona Rossol. I've seen her give a
presentation on health issues related to artist's materials and
processes. Very eye opening.
So the next time you get into your Dakota, hold your breath until you can
air it out. : )
>mine does the same. I can clean the heck out of it and it'll stay clear
>for a day or two at most. I find that inbetween cleaning, wiping the haze
>off with a tshirt (readily available from the backseat) works well.
>
>Jon Smith
>Raleigh, NC
>fast4x4@digivill.net
>www4.ncsu.edu/~jdsmith4
>
>On Sun, 20 Aug 2000, Andy Levy wrote:
>
>> Well, I don't smoke, nor do I allow smoking my my truck.
>>
>> Hemikota@aol.com wrote:
>> >
>> > In a message dated 8/20/00 9:50:18 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>> > fast4x4@digivill.net writes:
>> >
>> > << not sure what the TSB says
>> > tho.. >>
>> > dont smoke in your truck....thas wat it said :0)
>> > Boog
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