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Can the smell from a new carpet hurt me? it won't cause any long term symptoms right?
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Depends: There are various chemicals in carpet and some of these are volatile and get in the air. If you are allergic to any of these chemicals, you may have respiratory allergic response. People differ in their sensitivity to various chemicals some may have adverse response. For vast majority of the people there are no ill effects.
Answered 7/6/2015
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