Scented wax melts are often marketed as safer alternatives to candles because they’re flame- and smoke-free. But in a study in ACS’ Environmental Science & Technology Letters, researchers describe how ...

Unlike candles that burn and dissipate some compounds, wax melts continuously release chemicals as they slowly melt, potentially extending exposure time. Many manufacturers aren’t required to ...

A new study shows that scented wax melts can create indoor particle pollution on par with “diesel engines” Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. Her work has previously appeared in ...

noting that the congealing point for the wax used, or the point where it begins to harden or melt, is 140 degrees Fahrenheit. Cultural DC said the record-level heat caused Lincoln to slump into ...

A six-foot-tall wax replica of the 16th president ... New York Magazine that the public art piece was always meant to melt, it was installed under shady trees so it could survive the summer ...

Record temperatures in the U.S., particularly the northeast has all of us melting, including Abraham Lincoln. A 3,000 pound wax statue of the former president, present outside an elementary school ...

A wax statue of former President Abraham Lincoln ... "While I do often encourage these sculptures to melt, I was not expecting this version of the artwork to melt in this way," Williams told ...