See subject. My wife just informed me that if you breath enough of it, you die. Horribly and probably disgustingly.
A lot of “new” smells are interesting. Bubble-plastic container air (those product blister shells that only blowtorch works to open.
New car, of course.
There must be others.
I’m guessing plasticizers (phthalates) and/or residual solvents. The cheaper the product, the nastier the smell.
That ‘new shower curtain smell’? It’s toxic, study says Tami Abdollah, Times Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, June 13, 2008.
Study: Plastic Chemicals May Up Miscarriage Risk Emily Main, Rodale (some organic health stuff site, as best I can tell).