Monday 15 February 2016

NEA Must BAN Joss Paper Burning!


This has nothing to do with religion. It is air pollution. Hazardous Inconsideration. Stupidity. Selfishness.

Singapore cannot be said to have progressed when such people exist. Everyone against this air pollution must urge the NEA to put a stop to it.


Joss papers & joss sticks release carcinogens into the air when burnt.

2015 report: http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2015/04/30/2003617112

...lead is released into the air. A study of kindergarten students across the nation shows that the more frequently a family burns incense, the higher the levels of lead in the blood of the children in the family.

Burning joss paper and incense releases benzene, toluene, nitrogen oxide, sulfur oxide, nitrogen monoxide and particulate matter (PM). On the first and 15th day of every lunar month, the presence of PM1.0 in the air can rise as high as 432.9 micrograms per cubic meter.

Benzene is a carcinogen. Iritates the eyes, skin and respiratory system. Worrying amounts of lead in several brands of joss paper.

Chemicals in joss paper burning implicated in Parkinson's Disease. http://www.neurology-asia.org/articles/20032_117.pdf 


Joss Sticks:  http://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jul/30/health

...temple workers tasked with clearing the smouldering sticks, found the cocktail of chemicals in the smoke put them at risk of leukaemia, lung, blood and bladder cancers.


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