Dan M <dan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
<snip>
> Incense ought to be ok, but if you also have candles on your alter you
> might want to look closely at them. Some candles have a lead core in the
> wick. The concentration of lead in the smoke is low enough to probably
> not do harm to humans, but can be fatal to small birds so might well be
> unhealthy for cats as well.
IIRC, only candles from China were found to have this adulteration,
recently: it is not permitted, by law, in the US and perhaps in other
places - and the Chinese seem to have produced them only for ex****t.
The last time "leaded" candles made the news, they were being pulled
from the market.
Blessed be,
Baird
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