It used to be that the greatest threat to your health was riding
around without a seatbelt on. Now, it looks like the seatbelt (and
dashboard and carseat and glove box and, essentially, the entire
frickin' car) might be what really does you in.
In a Men's Health story about "invisible hitchhikers,"
researcher Bobbi Chase Wilding is armed with an Innov-X XRF gun that
helps her determine the amount of phthalates and decabromodiphenyl
ether. Why should you care about either one of these multisyllabic
compounds collectively called VOCs? Turns out there may be a link
between them and asthma, cancer and -- of special concern to Men's
Health readers -- small penises.
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