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BEESWAX CANDLE AND CLEAN AIR
Technology actually made candles worse for your health
Many years ago, most candles were made out of beeswax.
But over the centuries, beeswax candles were gradually
replaced by tallow (animal fat) candles, and then in the last
century by paraffin candles. Paraffin is made from the
sludge at the bottom of crude oil, which is then treated and
bleached with benzene and other chemical solvents to
"clean it up" for use in candles. Paraffin candles put out
soot and smoke when you burn them along with toxins and
carcinogens. Breathing what paraffin candles give off has
been compared to breathing diesel fumes.
But beeswax candles don't cause any of those problems. In
fact, people with allergies, sinus problems, and asthma
have reported significant improvement in their symptoms,
breathing better and sleeping better after burning beeswax
candles in their bedrooms for three to four hours before
bedtime. One person who burned a beeswax candle all day
when she was home reported that her asthma gradually
went away completely.
The science of it
Although scientists still don't know all the intricacies of the
complex molecules in beeswax, there's at least a partial
explanation for the healthful action of burning beeswax
candles. Negative ions are nature's air purifiers, cleaning
the air of dust, mold, bacteria. viruses, and other pollutants.
And burning beeswax produces negative ions, actually to be
exact beeswax candles produce just over 100,000 negative
ion particles per one cc of air!
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