"News articles on newscientist.com and mercola.com indicate that burning incense can expose people to dangerous levels of cancer-causing chemicals.
Both articles are based on a study that was published in a September, 2001 issue of the /Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology/. Researchers collected air samples from inside and outside of a temple in Taiwan, and found that the air inside the temple was highly concentrated with a group of cancer-causing chemicals called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). One PAH called benzopyrene, which is linked to lung cancer in smokers, was found to be 45 times more concentrated in the temple than in homes where people smoked cigarettes." More here: http://drbenkim.com/burning-incense-cancer.html Begs the question on whether or not the monks in the temples ever came down with cancer?
