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to make our home candle free over air quality concerns

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toriuk · 04/11/2014 08:58

Dp loves candles, but I've always thought they are not good with all that black smoke. We have cut down a lot, but aibu to just get rid of them all?

I hear that beeswax candles are safe, but a pack of 6 tea lights costs 5, so no way can we afford that.

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Dontstepinthecowpat · 05/11/2014 12:27

Do you have wifi? What about the potential but as yet unproven risk to the human brain that hasn't been subjected to radio waves for 100s of years. You should get rid of the internet for the sake of the children

use smoke signals instead

Pipbin · 05/11/2014 12:30

Tinfoil hats all round I think!

shaska · 05/11/2014 12:35

feckin candles, using up all the oxygen and poisoning the children, no wonder
everyone dies.

Pipbin · 05/11/2014 12:38

Like I said shaska. Look at all the people who lived before there was electric light. Dead - every last one of them. PROOF!

DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen · 05/11/2014 12:55

Wrt power cuts-xmas before last xmas day and boxing day! It was HELL!

Pipbin · 05/11/2014 13:05

Oh yes, the house I'm in now, and the whole estate, had a power cut Christmas Day a couple of years ago!

Sallyingforth · 05/11/2014 14:03

Do you have wifi? What about the potential but as yet unproven risk to the human brain that hasn't been subjected to radio waves for 100s of years.
The human brain has been subjected to radio waves from the sun for 1,000s of years. But if you are worried, try one of these. They are good against all sorts of threats:
www.stopabductions.com/

DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen · 05/11/2014 15:39

Pip-I wonder if we're neighbours??Shock Grin

Pipbin · 05/11/2014 16:10

Could be Dame. Does your road have a river name?

natureplantar101 · 05/11/2014 16:36

YANBU candles release harmful fumes and toxins into the air they are dangerous the same as air fresheners and scented cleaners
id show evidence of this to your DP and tell him how harmfull theybare they are. wellness mama has a very good article on them and lots of alternatives
wellnessmama.com/22656/dont-use-scented-candles/

MrsDeVere · 05/11/2014 17:08

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DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen · 06/11/2014 00:03

Pip- noGrin

WE HAD 3 POWER CUTS THIS AFTERNOONShock Shock Shock

It was like the candy man,I said it so it happenedGrin

Very grateful of the candles we hadGrin

toriuk · 06/11/2014 07:08

Its not all about the money honey.

Enfeild or a field?

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