Elegant Roots and its Dirt Candles are featured at MyShoppingConnection.com .

Dirt Candles are 100% American-grown, organic soy and scented with essential oils. Each candle comes in a recycled glass jar. They’re great! No wonder MyShoppingConnection was impressed.

The MyShoppingConnection feature also discusses the EPA’s and American Lung Assn’s indoor environment health concerns that arise from paraffin and/or lead-wicked candles. Here’s a partial, all courtesy of Christin Sheehe:

“The American Lung Association lists candles as the most common cause of poor indoor air quality. Many candles are made with paraffin wax and lead wicks. The EPA has discovered that paraffin candles and the smoke and soot they give off contain several hazardous chemicals that are probable carcinogens, neurotoxins and reproductive toxins. Acetone, benzene, carbon tetrachloride, trichloroethane, toluene, mercury and lead have all been found in paraffin candles. Worst of all, the candle industry is not required to inform consumers of the ingredients they use in their candles, even if their candles contain lead wicks.”

“It’s also a good idea to avoid candles that are scented with synthetic fragrances. Synthetic fragrances can contain phthalates, which have been linked to reproductive harm in infant boys.”

So make a good choice: a set of six soy candles from Dirt; individual soy candles from Kokoro;

or a set of 3 hand-dipped beeswax candle pillars from Cheeky Bee. All outstanding and all available from Elegant Roots.

Finally, MyShoppingConnection presented Ten Tips from Elegant Roots When Choosing Recycled. I’ll blog that tomorrow. Check back.

Later,
Rob

Tags: Acetone, American Lung Association, benzene, carbon tetrachloride, Cheeky Bee, Dirt Candles, EPA, essential oils, indoor environment, indoor pollution, Kokoro, lead, lead-wicked, mercury, MyShoppongConnection, paraffin, phthalates, soy candles, toluene, trichloroethane, wicks

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