The festive season is here, and to add more festivities to our homes, we often light scented candles. However, a recent study led by Asit Kumar Mishra, University College Cork and Marie Coggins, University of Galway states that scented candles, air fresheners, and incense sticks may not be all good news. The study further observed that when scented candles or …
Burning a scented candle to fill the room with smells of gingerbread, cinnamon and pine may put you in the Christmas spirit, but it could be detrimental to your health. A study has revealed burning candles has a significant effect on indoor air quality — and it could be worse for your lungs than inhaling passive smoke. That's because as …
Get inspired by a weekly roundup on living well, made simple. There is no overall conclusion that paraffin candles either will or won’t harm your health, said pulmonologist Dr. Sobia Farooq, a clinical assistant professor at the Cleveland Clinic’s Lerner College of Medicine. “A good number of studies have assessed candle emissions under controlled settings as well as in homes …
