What's Wrong with Regular Candles? 95% of all candles sold are
made from paraffin wax. Paraffin is a grayish-black sludge, a
by- product from petroleum refineries. It is sold cheaply by the
petroleum refineries because they would otherwise have to pay to
dispose of it. To make this waxy sludge more acceptable it is
bleached (which creates dioxins), processed and then texturised
using carcinogenic (cancer causing) chemicals (and the whole
process creates air pollution). Candle makers then take this
bleached, toxic wax, and colour it with synthetic colourants and
artificial scents, form them into candles and sell them to you
to burn in your living room. Nice! Burning paraffin candles
produces the same toxic smoke as burning diesel fuel*. The toxic
smoke from the paraffin candles covers your walls, furniture,
carpet and curtains, not to mention the inside of your lungs and
your skin. To make matters worse, many paraffin candles are made
with a lead core or zinc core wick, (to slow down their burning
rate, diesel