" Canadian Beeswax Chandlers Guild "

" Encouraging the ethical promotion and production of quality affordable beeswax candles "


" Beeswax Emits Negative Ions ! "

Yes , it's true and finally there is a scientific study to back up the hype! For years alternative
health practitioners, entomologists and most notably beeswax candle makers have celebrated the fact
that beeswax is the only candle fuel that emits negative ions which in turn cleanse the air. In a study
performed by a Japanese laboratory comparing the negative ion emissions of a paraffin candle versus a
beeswax candle , the paraffin candle did indeed emit negative ions but did so at a significantly lower rate
than the beeswax candle. So while beeswax is not the only fuel to emit negative ions it is definitely
superior to paraffin and does not contain the carcinogenic compounds that paraffin does.

The Japanese study was performed using a KST-900 made by the Kobe Electric Wave Company in
a room with room air temperature of 24.3 degrees Celsius , room air humidity was 41% and the
background negative ion count was 89 per cc. During the study , paraffin candles produced an
average of 72,972 negative ion particles per cc. of air while beeswax candles produced 101,276
negative ion particles per cc. of air.

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