About Fragrance Candles ...

...from Organic Lifestyle Magazine)

"It saddens me to see natural health minded types who put so much thought and energy into eating clean natural foods and cleaning with all natural environmentally friendly products to be burning toxic candles. It surprises me how common this is. Most conventional candles are made with paraffin, a petroleum by-product that comes from oil refineries. It is absolutely toxic and the USDA links paraffin candle fumes to cancer, birth defects, and asthma. And many of these conventional candles are made in Chinese sweat shops. Artificial scents are also toxic and are linked with depression. Besides, we don’t want our home or office to smell like berries or rain or anything in between. Some companies sell non toxic soy candles, but when we tried to find out how the soy beans were sourced (are they genetically modified, for instance?), we have been disappointed. GoodLight Natural Candles sent us a variety of scent-free palm wax candles to try. We like that their candles are unscented. And you could always put a few drops of an essential oil of your choice onto the candle if you prefer a scented candle. We love the fact that the candles are made from palm wax. This wax burns slowly and the candles seem to be as good a quality as any other candle in terms of how they burn. GoodLight works with manufacturers in Malaysia to develop their candles in a sustainable environmentally friendly manner while paying the people involved in the process a fair wage. And they still manage to sell their candles at a competitive price."