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Saturday, September 6, 2014

Incense smoke poses health hazard

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http://www.straitstimes.com/news/singapore/health/story/incense-smoke-poses-health-hazard-study-20140906

The faint smell of burning incense was a constant in her home when Madam Karen Chua was growing up.

Forty years on, the part-time teacher, 49, follows her mother's example and lights up three joss sticks each morning to pray for a smooth day ahead and for the well-being of her two children.

However, long-term daily exposure to incense smoke is a health hazard, a study of over 63,000 people here has found.

Inhaling smoke from burning incense daily for 20 years or more increases a person's risk of dying from heart disease by 12 per cent, according to the research, although it could not pinpoint exactly how much intake would be harmful.

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