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(MS) — Over the lastseveral years, homeown-ers have increasinglyemphasized clean air intheir homes. The growingpopularity of home airpurifiers suggests today'shomeowners want to makecertain the environmentinside their home is ashealthy as possible.

While protecting theenvironment in a home isimportant, it's equally asimportant for motorists tomaintain a healthy envi-ronment in their vehicles.The average Americanspends roughly 10 to 15hours per week inside acar, where dust, odors,smoke and other potential-ly sour smells can makeriding in a car ratherunpleasant. In addition, airpollution and allergensinside a vehicle can pose asignificant health risk todrivers and their passen-gers. Fortunately, there areseveral steps drivers cantake to maintain a healthyenvironment inside theirvehicle.

• Improve air quality.Perhaps the best way driv-ers can ensure their pas-sengers have a healthyenvironment while travel-ing in a car is to improvethe air quality within thevehicle. The GoPureAutomotive Clean Air

System from Philips quick-ly and effectively purifiesthe air inside a vehicle byeliminating harmful gases,dust, pollen, smoke, odors,and bacteria. Employing a3-stage filtering process,the GoPure system, whichcan be easily placedbeneath a seat, in the rearof the vehicle or on a seat-back, captures big parti-cles, such as human hairand pet hair, during thepre-filter stage before theHEPA filter removes theseparticles and others,including pollen and petdander. In the final stage,GoPure's advanced HESAfilter removes harmfulgases and even bad odors,such as those caused bysmoke, ensuring the vehi-cle's interior is not onlyhealthy, but also pleasantfor drivers and passengersalike.

• Clean the vehicle'sinterior. Many automobileowners pay particularattention to the appear-ance of their vehicle'sexterior. However, thosesame drivers don't spendnearly as much time, ifany, tending to the vehi-cle's interior. But a neg-lected interior doesn't justfall victim to spills anddirt or other particlesbrought in from the out-side. Over time, a neglect-

ed interior might begin togrow mildew, which isboth unhealthy andunpleasant. In general,clean the vehicle's interioronce a month to preventmildew growth and thebuildup of dirt and grime.

• Don't fall in love withthe "new car smell." Fewconsumers can resist thefamed "new car smell."Though enticing, the newcar smell is actually anoutgassing of toxic chemi-cals from newly formedplastics, and the chemicalsin these gases have beenlinked to birth defects,impaired learning, livertoxicity, premature births,and early puberty in labo-ratory animals. Thoughthis doesn't mean con-sumers should avoid buy-ing new cars, it shouldinspire consumers toaddress the new car smellimmediately. GoPure'sHESA filter can easily andeffectively remove theharmful gases that stemfrom the new car smell,while continuously remov-ing additional odors as thecar ages.

• Vacuum carpets, floormats and between seats.Carpets and seating areanother collection pointfor dirt and pollutants andneed to be vacuumed thor-oughly. Make sure to get

the floor mats, the floorunder the floor mats andall the way under theseats. Pound your seatswith something large like abaseball bat to loosen andknock out all the dirt andsoil that has settled intothe creases and stitching.

• Protect newer vehi-cles on hot days. Hotweather can take its tollon drivers, and it can alsowreak havoc on their vehi-cle's interior. Heat fromthe sun can cause thevehicle's plastics, vinyl orleather parts to emit

volatile organic com-pounds, or VOCs, which,according to theEnvironmental ProtectionAgency, can produce bothshort-term and long-termadverse health effects.Whenever possible, parkin the shade or use a sunshade on the windshield.In addition, slightly open-ing the windows in spring

and summer promotes airflow through the cabin,helping reduce the risk ofVOC buildup inside thevehicle.

More information aboutthe GoPure AutomotiveClean Air System fromPhilips is available atwww.philipsgopure.com or800-257-6054.

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