Researchers at Virgnia’s Center for Health, Environment & Justice tested that much ballyhooed “new shower curtain smell” that vinyl shower curtains are known for and found high concentrations of chemicals that are linked to liver damage as well as damage to the central nervous, respiratory and reproductive systems:

The study found that PVC shower curtains contained high concentrations of phthalates, which have been linked to reproductive effects, and varying concentrations of organotins, which are compounds based on tin and hydrocarbons. One of the curtains tested released measurable quantities of as many as 108 volatile organic compounds into the air, some of which persisted for nearly a month.

Seven of these chemicals — toluene, ethylbenzene, phenol, methyl isobutyl ketone, xylene, acetophenone and cumene — have been identified by the Environmental Protection Agency as hazardous air pollutants, said Stephen Lester, the center’s science director and a coauthor of the report.

Potential health effects include developmental damage and harm to the liver and the central nervous, respiratory and reproductive systems, according to the report.

Makes you wonder what the New Car Smell is all about?

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