Burning frankincense creates severe indoor air pollution
Purifying the soul is apparently terrible for the lungs. Modern air quality studies confirm that heavily burning these traditional resins produces dangerous levels of particulate matter and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, rivaling the toxicity of standing in traffic.

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