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Beeswax: The Miracle Fuel
by TruMelange Candles
The Miracle Fuel
The word fuel generally conjures up images of pollution, soot and carcinogens. The petrochemical based paraffin wax, used in the majority of candles, is one such fuel.
Beeswax on the other hand is truly a miracle fuel. Here is why:
- It thoroughly cleans the air.
This property may seem counterintuitive at first. How can fuel that is burnt, cause the air to get cleaner? The answer lies in the negative ionization properties of beeswax.
Beeswax is one of the only fuels known to release negative ions as it burns. Negative ions are proven to eliminate dust, pollen, mould, smoke, food odor and pet dander—as well as airborne germs and bacteria. Negative ions are nature's way of cleaning up pollution and they are found in high concentrations in areas like mountain regions, seashores, waterfalls, and oceans. Electrical storms and rainfall also release large quantities of negative ions.
Studies show that Negative Ions-
- Improve Air quality
- Improve Sleep
- Enhance the Immune system
- Provide relief from allergies
- Lessen the severity of asthma attacks
- Improve concentration
- Balance our hormones
- Detoxify naturally
- Impart a sense of well being
- Emits no soot, no toxins and no smoke.
When paraffin candles burn, they emit black soot and smoke with various carcinogenic toxins. Beeswax is different. It burns clean, with no release of carcinogenic toxins and no soot to blacken your walls. Unlike paraffin's "burn off", beeswax reacts more like water and evaporates with the heat of the flame. This is one of the reasons why beeswax candles don't smoke and don't drip.
- Burns longer, much longer.
Beeswax has a considerably higher melting point than paraffin, which is why beeswax burns more slowly. A melting point of 150 degress Fahrenheit gives beeswax candles incredibly long burn times. As a result, beeswax burns very efficiently and costs pennies per hour to burn, making beeswax candles economical as well.
© 2007 Green Home, Inc.
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