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11/08/2023
Candle consumption increased slightly to approx. 860.000 tons in 2022 (+1,1 %, +8.900 tons). The value of the consumed candles increased by 33 % (+617 million EUR) in the same period. Each citizen...
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10/10/2022
10/05/2022
shows no association between candle use and risk of cardiovascular and respiratory events.
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04/07/2022
Not all plastics are equally suited for indoor candle containers. Highly flammable plastics are considered an unacceptable fire risk for indoor candles, even if explicit information warns of the risk.
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09/29/2020
The members of the Association of European Candle Manufacturers (AECM) and the European Candle Association (ECA) decided at their General Assembly meetings to join forces...
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01/17/2019
In December 2018, the Danish Environmental Protection Agency Miljøstyrelsen published a comprehensive research report [1] on their website that provides a number of important new findings...
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08/26/2016
Consumers of candles may be assured that emissions from burning candles are not hazardous to human health. This is one of the conclusions of the study...
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01/29/2016
In mid-January 2016, BBC linked limonene in scented household products, including scented candles, to potential health hazards due to the formation of formaldehyde...
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07/14/2015
This year AECM commissioned for the first time a consumer survey to the market research company ComRes. ComRes is a leading British research consultancy...
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04/24/2015
In April 2015, the Milan Polytechnic University (Politecnico di Milano) completed the report of the study which was sponsored by the AECM and ALAFAVE...
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02/01/2014
On 24 January 2014, the German BfR (Federal Institute for Risk Assessment) published an opinion on lead, nickel and allergenic scents in candles to be restricted...
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