I ran across an article warning me of the dangers of burning scented candles and having scented plug-ins in your home. You know, these little wonders are filled with poisonous chemicals that ARE NOT NATURAL!! These synthetic smell-goods may be filling the air of your home with carcinogenic molecules that you will inhale --- most likely deeply because they smell so good! -- and later, when you are about 90, you may find that you have altered the genetic map of some of your cells, causing them to go crazy and over-proliferate. No matter that at 90 your cells just might be a little messed up from living in a world of sin-wracked consequences anyway...like exhaling, which is now apparently another cause for the entire world's demise.
This article suggests that you go back to the good old days, boiling a pot of water with natural potpourri to scent your home... Back in the good old days, they didn't worry about dying from synthetic scents -- mostly because there was so much smoke in the indoor air that they couldn't have smelled them anyway...You know, from burning those natural logs and stuff, trying to stave off hypothermia due to a lack of central heating.
My word! I would be embarrassed to list on an enumeration of Concerns for the World the risk of contracting disease from the use of scented candles. Come on! Let's find something REAL to worry about! I predict that you will not see Miss America take on a campaign of eliminating the health risks of scented candles..."I'm interested in World Peace and The Elimination of Scented Candle Burning..." Don't even bring it up!! Leave the candles alone, and let us spend ourselves solving REAL problems, even if it means taking some risks!
My, it smells good in here...
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