There are some folk sayings, such as placing fruits, edible vinegar and perfume in the car. In fact, these methods are more to get rid of the peculiar smell, using their own smell to cover the peculiar smell in the car, but the toxic gas is still in the car.
● Fruits, perfumes, and sprayed air fresheners have no disinfection effect
I often see that after the new home is renovated, new car owners like to put grapefruit peel, oranges, lemons and other fruits in their homes and cars, saying that it is to remove formaldehyde. In fact, these fruits just borrowed their own taste to cover the taste of formaldehyde, and did not really play a role in removing formaldehyde.
Perfumes and air fresheners also use their own scent to neutralize or cover the odor in the car. Nor does it play a role in removing toxic gases. If you just want to add some fragrance to the air in the car, the editor suggests that you can use this method: buy some lemons and squeeze it into juice, then add a certain amount of purified water and put it in a watering can, and spray it in the car regularly. Not only can the car keep its fragrance, green and healthy.
● Putting edible vinegar can sterilize and disinfect, but can’t get rid of poisonous gas
Vinegar can release slightly acidic substances, which can destroy the cell walls of bacteria and make them lethal. Therefore, placing vinegar in the car can have the effect of sterilization and disinfection, but it cannot eliminate the poisonous gas. In addition, the effect of simple placement is not great, and the sterilization effect can be obvious only when the air humidifier evaporates.
Summary: The peculiar smell in the car is easy to attract people’s attention, but many poisonous gases are colorless and tasteless, which is an invisible killer of our health. Using perfumes, air fresheners, etc. to cover up odors in the car is not just self-deception. For the health of themselves and their family members, it is recommended that car owners should take correct and effective methods to remove odors and poison gas in the car.
