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Scented products cause indoor air pollution on par with car exhaust

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371 points clumsysmurf | 1 comments | 19 Feb 25 23:53 UTC | HN request time: 0.212s | source
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caminanteblanco ◴[20 Feb 25 03:14 UTC] No.43110691[source]▶
Does anyone have any clue what the point of "scentless wax melts" even is? Like isn't the scent the whole point of the product?
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1. KennyBlanken ◴[20 Feb 25 06:42 UTC] No.43111806[source]▶
As is explained in the research paper, they are marketed as (or considered by the public to be) safer than candles because they don't involve combustion. They show that the same amount/type of particles are nearly the same between the two.