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Carbon Monoxide - Silent Killer
Carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless, tasteless dan–
ger to a driver and his passengers if i t leaks into bis car
from the exhaust system.
It
can cause drowsiness, dizziness
and fatigue, impairing your driving skills. The following
advice will help you eliminate carbon monoxide danger:
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Have yottr car's exhamt system checked for leaks.
And any time you detect a problem with your car's exhaust
system, have it fixed immediately. Keep in mind that a
noisy muffler may be more than just an inconvenience - it
may be a real danger signa!.
2.
Drive with the front air vents open as much
as
possib/e except in heavy bumper-to-bmnper traffic.
A single
window rollecl clown cloesn't always give the needed air cir–
culation. In fact, one window rollecl clown can actually
clraw exhaust fumes into the car.
3.
On Long drives stop and take a break every
2
or 3
hom·s.
Get out of your car- take a stretch and get sorne
fresh air before resuming your drive.
4.
Don't sit for any length of time in a motionleu car
with the engine nmning - especiatly in confmed areas like
ga1'ages.
1t
takes only three minutes for a lethal concentration
of carbon monoxicle to build up in a closecl garage with a
car's engine idling!
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Be Careful with Aerosol Cans
Aerosol cans may be dangerous
if
improperly used
~
or
if improperly disposed of. Sorne people have been severely
injured by them; sorne have been killed. And in almost
every case these aerosol mishaps were clue to carelessness on
the part of the user.
Use aerosols with ca11tion.
Regard these
safety warnings:
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Always read warning labels on aerosol cans before
you use or store them.
2.
Don't leave aerosol products in a dosed car or trunk.
Even in mild weather, direct sunlight through car windows
or on the trunk lid can heat the can and cause an explosion.
Fire coulcl result.
3. Do not puncture an ae rosol can.
4. Don't throw an empty can into a trash burner or
incinerator.
5. Never place an aerosol can on a hot stove, near any
heating device or in any location where the temperature
may rise above 120 degrees. Be careful not to spray
inflammable contents near open flames .
6. Use in well-ventilated areas, and direct harmful
sprays away from the face. Avoid breathing aerosol vapors.
7.
Keep cans out of reach of young children.
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Limit Television Watching
The average child in the United States views 22,000
hours of TV by the time he rea<.hes adolescence. The
average adult wi ll spend
9 years of his life
in front of the
TV by the time he reaches 65.
Today, the average pre-schooler spends more time
watching TV than the average liberal arts student spends in
classrooms during four years of college. And between kinder–
garten and adolescence he's likely to see 13,000 human
beings killed on TV, not to mention hundreds of promiscu–
ous types of movies and programs.
Despite what some "authorities" say, TV viewing does
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have an effect on the minds of children and adults alike.
The National ·Commission on the Causes and Prevention of
Violence condusively connected TV with violent behavior,
particular!y in children!
Don't tet the TV be yottr child's so/e entertainment and
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Follow this advice:
Cut clown on the amount of TV that you allow your