mechanicgirl

Hello everyone I just joined the site for the purpose of I am doing a TON of research at the moment. I have read so many stories about paraffin, other vegetable waxes, beeswax, and of course soy. I've read the goods and the bad a little bit and decided I plan to break each wax down by the pros and cons and debunk/find supporting evidence of what's been claimed and what chemicals are in candles or not in candles. I will be picking on everything for my research so please don't take it personally. First of course, I'm researching Paraffin.... next will be soy... these are the ONLY two I'm focusing right now. The wax themselves. I thought maybe I could get some help from everyone here... 1. Has anyone seen these research claims about the magical number of 11 chemicals given off by paraffin when it's burned? I'm trying to find where this assumption came from. 2. Has anyone seen and where to find a video of how the WHOLE process of paraffin wax- to go from crude oil to our food and candles? Same questions regarding soy wax 1. If this wax is so renewable I feel like there is a way to make the wax on your own? or see how it's processed? However, I have not found or seen a video on how to do this..... I wanna see the process of how each wax is made and what goes into it and actual proof of where these chemicals are coming from..... yet I can't find any supporting evidence or research papers at all.... Thank you for your help.