Nice post....I've always kinda wondered about it. I have been burning some Japanese incense with 'less' smoke called 'morning star', kind of a different vibration but still very good quality. BillyG.
--- In [email protected], Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "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? >
