But what exactly are they? 'Citronella coils are a popular mosquito-repelling product that utilizes the essential oils derived from the citronella plant,' says Shannon-Harlow Ellis, Associate ...

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These mosquito coils smolder through the night to keep bugs at bay, but they can also cause asthma and wheezing in children. Now, researchers have measured several pollutants in smoke emitted from ...

Inhaling smoke emitted by mosquito coils and incense sticks is not only harmful to the lungs, but can also cause cancer, said Sundeep Salvi, director of Chest Research Foundation, Pune ...

Outside, you can hang a mosquito coil. These work by heating and vaporizing its active ingredient, such as an insecticide, that can repel or potentially kill mosquitoes. Dr. Chandrasegaran said ...

Those mosquito coils are called katori senkō (mosquito-killing incense), and like you, I strongly associate them with summer in Japan, right up there with kakikōri (shaved ice) and the Koshien ...

Take the ubiquitous mosquito coil; the emission of formaldehyde alone from one burning conventional mosquito coil can be as high as the formaldehyde released from 51 burning cigarettes!

Summer in Japan is marked by the sounds of wind chimes, the sight of lush greenery, the taste of kakigori (shaved ice) and the strong scent of mosquito coil. Founded in Nara Prefecture in 1716, ...