Toxins?

k ... I'm one of those people who is chemically sensitive. My immune system simply doesn't do well with chemicals, likely due to past exposure to Agent Orange. It isn't funny.

New RVs can be very toxic, just as newly constructed houses can be very toxic until all the chemicals have off-gassed. Therefore, we purchased second-hand.

Travelling with your RV is less-toxic than staying in hotels and eating in restaurants. With your RV, it is easy to control the cleaning chemicals and you know where the bed covers have been. You also know which detergents are being used on your bedding. Also which products are in your pillow. Yup, some of us react to things others don't even think about.

Being able to easily prepare non-processed foods and knowing the ingredients being used is much, much healthier than eating in a restaurant. You also won't be subjected to all the perfumes and after shave lotions people tend to wear when the go out for an evening.

My husband does all the fuel filling at the gas stations. I can't do it without getting a weird buzz on.

RVing gets us out into the fresh air, away from toxic cities.

Overall, RVing is much healthier than the alternatives if you wish to travel.

diver110 wrote:
My German girlfriend is, WELL, German. She is worried about toxins in RV's

If she's, "well" German, she doesn't have to worry about getting sick!

WoodGlue

K Charles wrote:
Your girlfriend doesn't want you to get an RV

Bingo!

Your girlfriend doesn't want you to get an RV

The only thing that I have heard of is that new carpeting and wall paneling can off gas.. I think these they off gas for a period of time. Some people are sensitive to it. I have not noticed this at all. It's probably worse when stored all closed up in hot weather. But open a few windows...get a cross breeze going...turn down the temp on the a/c...I don't think it's a problem,

Manufacturers are careful about venting batteries...and all come with smoke detectors, carbon monoxide detectors, and lp gas detectors. They are interested in your safety. Our lp gas detectors picks up dog farts..,since our male Samoyed likes to sleep near the detector. It's woken us a few times in the middle of the night.

The biggest hazards that I can think of is parking too close to rising rivers, parking under dead trees, and the occasional dometic fridge fire.

You might buy a used model that's off gased the new building materials...or rent a camper and have her do bloodwork before and after camping to check IGE levels...see if she has an immune/allergic response to the camper.

I would worry more about radon in a home than anything in a camper. Most campers probably spend more time outdoors and are healthier for it.

If it was there would be very few people on this site.:B