Your Car Can Be Hazardous to Your Health: The Book Automakers and Politicians Prefer You Not Read - Softcover

RuDusky, Basil

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1403383081 ISBN 13: 9781403383082

Publisher: AuthorHouse, 2002

Synopsis

A book which uniquely and convincingly serves as a factual health guide to the car-buying public. It describes the various and often unrecognized health problems associated with automobile ownership. The problems as they relate to back comfort, respiratory effects and hazards of the new car smell are presented in highly experienced and researched detail. A valuable asset to those with various orthopedic problems including the lower back, neck, and arms, it describes a system for evaluating the orthopedic status of the individual with relationship to the selection of the car seat. The author's extensive experience and personal research concerning the improvement of the interior air quality of the automobile so as to minimize lung problems will be a rewarding guide to better respiratory health for all car-buyers. The renewed worldwide interest in the toxic effects of the new car smell is presented in an enlightening combination of personal experiences accompanied by past and present worldwide research into this often misunderstood and neglected concern. It is the only book ever written which deals with the heretofore unappreciated facets of one's health as it relates to automobile ownership. A must - read guide and reference for the car-buying public.

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About the Author

The author is a practicing physician specializing in internal medicine, cardiovascular medicine and forensic medicine. He serves as senior consultant to numerous corporations, governmental agencies and insurance firms. He has published over seventy articles including various aspects of clinical medicine and scientific research. A lifelong automobile enthusiast, he has achieved an international reputation as a free-lance automotive consultant. His special interests have centered around automobile seats, 'clean air' ventilation systems and the new car smell. The efforts he has expended over the past two decades have begun to show positive results in improving all three of the aforementioned concerns.

Edition details

• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1403383081
• ISBN 13: 9781403383082
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 164