Burning 1 mosquito coil worse than 100 Cigarettes

*Burning one mosquito coil would release the same amount of PM(2.5) mass as burning 75-137 cigarettes.

 *The emission of formaldehyde from burning one coil can be as high as that released from burning 51 cigarettes.

* Regular use of Mosquito coil may lead to various lung infections and finally become an agent of cancer.

* Under the same combustion conditions, the tested Malaysian mosquito coils generated more measured pollutants than did the tested Chinese mosquito coils.

 * In a set of experiments conducted in a room, the result showed the size distribution of particulate matter contained in the coil smoke and found that the particles were ultra fine and fine.

 * Result suggest that exposure to the smoke of mosquito coils similar to the tested ones can pose significant acute and chronic health risks.

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 Source: [ US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health