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Article: FREQUENT USE OF CERTAIN CANDLES PRODUCES UNWANTED CHEMICALS

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August 28, 2009
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ORANGEBURG, S.C., Aug. 24 -- South Carolina State University issued the following press release:

Long-term exposure to emissions of certain types of candles could be hazardous to human health and cause poor indoor air quality, according to researchers in the 1890 Research & Extension Program at SC State University.

Lead researcher Dr. Ruhullah Massoudi and SC State alumnus Amid Hamidi '09, who worked with Massoudi while earning his bachelor of science in chemistry, tested various brands of paraffin wax (petroleum-based) and soybean (vegetable-based) candles. The candles were non-scented, non-pigmented and used no dyes.

The candles were placed in an enclosed specially constructed chamber ...

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