http://www.jonbarron.org/blog/2009/01/toxic_incense_health_blog.html Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:59:24 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.jonbarron.org/blog/2009/01/toxic_incense_health_blog.html/comment-page-1#comment-4011 ANNAROSE Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:16:34 +0000 http://www.jonbarron.org/blog/2009/01/toxic-incense-health-blog.html#comment-4011 Am plagued by drifting tobacco smoke from flat below and wish to trace possible entry points for the smoke.2nd Law of Thermodynamics states --heat and moisture drift upwards -WISH TO DEMONSTRATE THIS TO LANDLORD USING BURNING INCENSE CANDLES-- is this possible? Does smoke lack density and is it lighter than air? Have also heard that smoke rings demonstrate this effect.Any advice will be greatly appreciated --getting desparate due to eye pain from the smoke Am plagued by drifting tobacco smoke from flat below and wish to trace possible entry points for the smoke.2nd Law of Thermodynamics states –heat and moisture drift upwards -WISH TO DEMONSTRATE THIS TO LANDLORD USING BURNING INCENSE CANDLES– is this possible? Does smoke lack density and is it lighter than air? Have also heard that smoke rings demonstrate this effect.Any advice will be greatly appreciated –getting desparate due to eye pain from the smoke

]]> http://www.jonbarron.org/blog/2009/01/toxic_incense_health_blog.html/comment-page-1#comment-3844 k2 herbal Thu, 08 Jul 2010 02:59:48 +0000 http://www.jonbarron.org/blog/2009/01/toxic-incense-health-blog.html#comment-3844 Wow, I never gave burning incense a second thought, thanks for enlightening me. Wow, I never gave burning incense a second thought, thanks for enlightening me.

]]> http://www.jonbarron.org/blog/2009/01/toxic_incense_health_blog.html/comment-page-1#comment-3010 david oller Sat, 16 May 2009 18:01:55 +0000 http://www.jonbarron.org/blog/2009/01/toxic-incense-health-blog.html#comment-3010 Most of the studies you cite are not peer reviewed, they were conducted asia and some were based on readings taken in a room described as so smoky you couldn't see accross the room. Further Incense isn't Incense! Incense is made from very different procedures and materials. Chinese incense used in the test contains formaldehyde from the glue, where Tibetan and Japanese incense use no glue. So incense uses chemicals or is dipped in chemicals and others are made of herbs and natural woods. Some are designed to produce very little smoke (Japanese) and other billow clouds of black smoke from added oils and poor manufaturing techniques. To say what you've said is like saying FOOD is toxice because so edibles are toxic. Most of the studies you cite are not peer reviewed, they were conducted asia and some were based on readings taken in a room described as so smoky you couldn’t see accross the room. Further Incense isn’t Incense! Incense is made from very different procedures and materials. Chinese incense used in the test contains formaldehyde from the glue, where Tibetan and Japanese incense use no glue. So incense uses chemicals or is dipped in chemicals and others are made of herbs and natural woods. Some are designed to produce very little smoke (Japanese) and other billow clouds of black smoke from added oils and poor manufaturing techniques.
To say what you’ve said is like saying FOOD is toxice because so edibles are toxic.

]]> http://www.jonbarron.org/blog/2009/01/toxic_incense_health_blog.html/comment-page-1#comment-3009 Jon Barron Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:01:55 +0000 http://www.jonbarron.org/blog/2009/01/toxic-incense-health-blog.html#comment-3009 Jim: Thanks for catching that typo. It's been fixed. Jim:
Thanks for catching that typo. It’s been fixed.

]]> http://www.jonbarron.org/blog/2009/01/toxic_incense_health_blog.html/comment-page-1#comment-3008 Jim Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:27:38 +0000 http://www.jonbarron.org/blog/2009/01/toxic-incense-health-blog.html#comment-3008 Good article, but I found a tiny misquote. there is reference to a study that shows "burning incense at least once a week during pregnancy increases the risk that the child will develop leukemia by 27 times." The linked article actually states the risk as "2.7 times". Still scary though. Good article, but I found a tiny misquote. there is reference to a study that shows “burning incense at least once a week during pregnancy increases the risk that the child will develop leukemia by 27 times.” The linked article actually states the risk as “2.7 times”. Still scary though.

]]> http://www.jonbarron.org/blog/2009/01/toxic_incense_health_blog.html/comment-page-1#comment-3007 Alex Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:20:03 +0000 http://www.jonbarron.org/blog/2009/01/toxic-incense-health-blog.html#comment-3007 Cannabis bigger cancer risk than cigarettes: study Its good propaganda, but current mortality rates around the world show little evidence for this, pot is hardly a new drug and longitudinal studies would have shown this already, which they have not. Check out this article from the washington post: <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/25/AR2006052501729_pf.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/25/AR2006052501729_pf.html</a> "We hypothesized that there would be a positive association between marijuana use and lung cancer, and that the association would be more positive with heavier use," he said. "What we found instead was no association at all, and even a suggestion of some protective effect." And with the neuro-protective attributes of cannabis that have already been discovered, I truly believe you should take down this part of your article. Natural supplementations have suffered from disinformation, the war on drugs has caused much of the same thing towards a drug that has shown itself to be infinitely safer that the two main legal drugs- alcohol and tobacco. That being said, I know you showed the information with good intentions, and I highly respect what you have done here. Cannabis bigger cancer risk than cigarettes: study
Its good propaganda, but current mortality rates around the world show little evidence for this, pot is hardly a new drug and longitudinal studies would have shown this already, which they have not.
Check out this article from the washington post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/25/AR2006052501729_pf.html
“We hypothesized that there would be a positive association between marijuana use and lung cancer, and that the association would be more positive with heavier use,” he said. “What we found instead was no association at all, and even a suggestion of some protective effect.”
And with the neuro-protective attributes of cannabis that have already been discovered, I truly believe you should take down this part of your article. Natural supplementations have suffered from disinformation, the war on drugs has caused much of the same thing towards a drug that has shown itself to be infinitely safer that the two main legal drugs- alcohol and tobacco. That being said, I know you showed the information with good intentions, and I highly respect what you have done here.

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