What is the hazy film that accumulates on the inside of windshields and are we breathing all of that stuff into our lungs? Is that bad?

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What is the hazy film that accumulates on the inside of windshields and are we breathing all of that stuff into our lungs? Is that bad?

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**Outgassing**

I had an older car, where the kind of plastic in the dashboard was known to break down in sunlight. This process took years.

The byproduct of this breakdown was some gasses, which (I’m told) was the cause for the film/residue on the inside of the windshield.