Some thoughts- Even if incense also creates cancer-provoking particles, I would guess that it creates much fewer, since you are only burning say 2 grams of material, versus a couple of large logs .
Also, I would guess that oil-based incense and candles are likely to be safer (Oil-based incense is what I was thinking of when I wrote the grandparent)
Both of these thoughts though, are subject to change if/when provided any contrary research on the matter.
I haven’t dug too deep, it would be nice if someone would make a nice summary page of the different kinds of smoke (from cigarettes, exhaust pipes, wood fire, coal fire, incense, leaf and grass fires (as in wildfires), cooking, various kinds of factories, etc.) and summarize the potential health hazards of each. Green wood emits more smoke, but does that mean it’s more of a hazard? etc.
Incense may be only 2 grams, but it’s also 2 grams optimized for smoke emission, and it’s also rarely burnt just under a chimney that absorbs most of the smoke. Though yeah, I agree incense is probably less of a hazard than a wood fire, it’s probably mostly a problem in places like Buddhist temples.
Some thoughts- Even if incense also creates cancer-provoking particles, I would guess that it creates much fewer, since you are only burning say 2 grams of material, versus a couple of large logs .
Also, I would guess that oil-based incense and candles are likely to be safer (Oil-based incense is what I was thinking of when I wrote the grandparent)
Both of these thoughts though, are subject to change if/when provided any contrary research on the matter.
I haven’t dug too deep, it would be nice if someone would make a nice summary page of the different kinds of smoke (from cigarettes, exhaust pipes, wood fire, coal fire, incense, leaf and grass fires (as in wildfires), cooking, various kinds of factories, etc.) and summarize the potential health hazards of each. Green wood emits more smoke, but does that mean it’s more of a hazard? etc.
Incense may be only 2 grams, but it’s also 2 grams optimized for smoke emission, and it’s also rarely burnt just under a chimney that absorbs most of the smoke. Though yeah, I agree incense is probably less of a hazard than a wood fire, it’s probably mostly a problem in places like Buddhist temples.