Candles at Romantic Dinner: An Unrecognized Source of Indoor Air Pollution

Candles made of wax – the most common type used to infuse the rooms a romantic atmosphere, passion, light and scent – is an unknown exposure to indoor air pollution, including known carcinogens, informs scientists. 
Pollutant levels can increase in closed rooms can be reduced by ventilation, they have shown in a study presented at the 238-National Meeting of the American Chemists Society. 

In their paper, R. Massoud, and Hamidi Amid say that candles made from beeswax or soy, although more expensive, are apparently healthy. They do not release harmful amounts of indoor air pollutants while retaining the same warmth, ambiance and fragrance as paraffin candles (which are made from oil).

“A wax candle used occasionally and will not affect its emissions,” said Hamidi. But many candles blowing wax every day for several years and often it’s lit up in a bathroom without ventilation around a fall, for example, can bring many problems. “

Besides all these serious risks, Hamidi also suggested that individuals who believe they have an indoor allergy or respiratory irritation can actually react in this way the pollutants emitted from candles.