Irritating!!!!

[Guest Cklasse]

I just want to remind myself when I want to put stuff like these in the car. Afterall, our cars are almost air tight and what we breath inside the car is from what's inside (good thing Merc has an auto vent open to refresh the air).

I guess putting natural wood is fine but anything that has chemicals need to investigate before using in car, especially when our cars are heated under the sun.

So when I saw Naphthalene, I got this alarm bell ringing. Something from wiki -

Health effects

Exposure to large amounts of naphthalene may damage or destroy red blood cells. Humans, particularly children, have developed this condition, known as hemolytic anemia, after ingesting mothballs or deodorant blocks containing naphthalene. Symptoms include fatigue, lack of appetite, restlessness, and pale skin. Exposure to large amounts of naphthalene may cause confusion, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, blood in the urine, and jaundice (yellow coloration of the skin).[9]

When the U.S. National Toxicology Program exposed male and female rats and mice to naphthalene vapors on weekdays for two years,[10] male and female rats exhibited evidence of carcinogenic activity based on increased incidences of adenoma and neuroblastoma of the nose, female mice exhibited some evidence of carcinogenic activity based on increased incidences of alveolar and bronchiolar adenomas of the lung, and male mice exhibited no evidence of carcinogenic activity.

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)[11] classifies naphthalene as possibly carcinogenic to humans and animals (Group 2B). The IARC also points out that acute exposure causes cataracts in humans, rats, rabbits, and mice; and that hemolytic anemia, described above, can occur in children and infants after oral or inhalation exposure or after maternal exposure during pregnancy. Under California's Proposition 65, naphthalene is listed as "known to the State to cause cancer".[12]

Over 400 million people have an inherited condition called glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency. Exposure to naphthalene is more harmful for these people and may cause hemolytic anemia at lower doses.[citation needed]

In China, the use of naphthalene in mothballs is forbidden.[13] It is partly due to the health effects as well as the wide use of natural camphor as replacement.

[Guest blackmercs]

Thanks for the advise & infro cklasse!!

[Guest kepiting1sg]

My mum used to call it "stinky pills" in teochew.

When we were young, mum used to put these balls in the wardrobe but not any more!

[Guest Yap ST]

kepiting1sg wrote:

My mum used to call it "stinky pills" in teochew.

When we were young, mum used to put these balls in the wardrobe but not any more!

Unker,I stillusing it lei..

But my white shirts will turn yellow easily because of the stinky pills..

:Cry::Cry::Cry:

[Guest kepiting1sg]

Yap ST wrote:

Unker,I stillusing it lei..

But my white shirts will turn yellow easily because of the stinky pills..

:Cry::Cry::Cry:

Better stop cos the vapor will get on to your clothings!

[Guest jhun_4040]

kepiting1sg wrote:

Better stop cos the vapor will get on to your clothings!

Yar, for cupboard just use dehumidifier can le !! is very good enough !!

[Guest Yap ST]

kepiting1sg wrote:

Better stop cos the vapor will get on to your clothings!

jhun_4040 wrote:

Yar, for cupboard just use dehumidifier can le !! is very good enough !!

Ok will change it ASAP....

Or I will be without White shirt liao:Cry::Cry::Cry::Cry:

[Guest chiaster]

bro yapst, i suggest "thirsty hippo"... :thumb:

[Guest Yap ST]

chiaster wrote:

bro yapst, i suggest "thirsty hippo"... :thumb:

Yes one of the best.. And ex too