Scented wax melts, often marketed as a safer alternative to candles, can produce as many ultrafine air particles as diesel engines or gas stoves when used in homes; ...

Want to make your own wax melts for your warmer? Try out this super easy DIY rose wax melts recipe! It is super simple and ...

When wax melts heat up, they release terpenes—organic compounds found in many plant oils that give flowers, herbs, and fruits their characteristic scents. While natural in origin, ...

The researchers gathered unscented wax melts and 14 scented ones, including papaya, lemon, peppermint, and bamboo. Then they ran tests inside Purdue’s zEDGE (zero-Energy Design Guidance for ...

Scented wax melts are often marketed as safer alternatives to candles because they’re flame- and smoke-free. But in a study in ACS’ Environmental Science & Technology Letters, researchers describe how ...

A new study shows that scented wax melts can create indoor particle pollution on par with “diesel engines” Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. Her work has previously appeared in ...

The wax melt burner is easily one of the most used items in our homes.Quickly filling our space with any scent of our choosing, all we need to do is light a tea-light under the burner and ours ...

Scented wax melts are often marketed as safer alternatives to candles because they’re flame- and smoke-free. But in a study in ACS’ Environmental Science & Technology Letters, ...

The particles eminating from burning scented wax melts indoors can create a “tremendous amount” of indoor air pollution — similar to pollution caused by diesel engines.

Though you might burn some wax melts or use an essential oil diffuser as a way to mimic the fresh, clean air of a forest or a field of flowers, it’s actually those fragrances that cause pollution.

The global wax melts market size is expected to reach USD 6.13 billion by 2025, according to a new report conducted by Grand View Research, Inc.