Monday, July 11, 2022

Why new tents are deadly! Camping in Nature has now been made a serious health hazard!!

  OK Now I realize the major toxic odor is from the PVC strip as the ground cloth perimeter to the Field & Forest canopy. I'm gonna spray the PVC with Silicone spray....

OK I just sprayed the tent with vinegar in a spray bottle - and some water mixed in. The smell seems to have gone mainly now.

Common flame-retardant chemicals applied to tents can leach onto your hands, and into your lungs, as you set up a shelter and then go to sleep inside. The culprit flame-retardants include chemicals triphenyl phosphate, tris phosphate, and more, which Duke University researchers note are “associated with adverse health effects.” 

  A new study, “Characterizing Flame Retardant Applications and Potential Human Exposure in Backpacking Tents,” was published in the latest edition of Environmental Science & Technology, a respected journal based in Washington D.C. Authors Genna Gomes, Peyton Ward, Amelia Lorenzo, Kate Hoffman, and Heather M. Stapleton submitted the study in February, and it was published last month." New Tents are Toxic!!

 I just set up a new tent - it reeked so bad of toxic fumes - the Antithesis of camping!! Come out to the Great Outdoors to get killed by your tent!! Poison yourself by going camping!! Welcome to the New World. Levels of exposure were significantly higher post-tent setup compared to pre setup, “and in the case of TDCIPP [tris phosphate], levels were 29 times higher post setup,” the article notes."  

OH YEAH I could feel that nasty stuff leaching through my skin!! I thought working on the car was toxic! 

HOly smokes.  

"In 2011, TDCPP – another name for TDCIPP – was listed under California’s Proposition 65 as a known carcinogen. Lab rats fed with the compound showed increased formation of brain and liver tumors. TDCIPP has also been associated with reproductive effects in humans, such as lowered sperm count and hormone regulation among men living in homes with elevated levels of the flame retardant found in house dust. The take-aways are complex. The Duke study and corresponding eight-page article in Environmental Science & Technology cite premise, process, and exposure levels. It notes fire-retardant chemicals are associated with adverse health effects “such as reproductive impairments and neurodevelopmental deficits.”

 

Camping Tents Toxic? Duke Study Reveals Troubling Chemical Exposure

https://gearjunkie.com/news/toxic-tents-duke-study-chemical-exposure-camping

 just rubbed teatree oil all over my hands - the antioxidants and terpenes should dissolve those nasty flame retardant toxic synthetic chemicals!!

I once read a tip that said to remove smells from a car (cloth, pvc, plastics etc) collect a washing-up bowl of fresh grass cuttings and put it on the back seat of the car. Repeat with a new bowl of grass cuttings after two weeks. I don’t know if this works but am desperate to remove the cloying flowery smell of a ‘new’ (to me) used car – the dealer really went overboard and two months later the smell is still overpowering despite a vinegar wash. Unfortunately when I cut the grass I forget to gather the grass cuttings!

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