I'm new here and maybe shouldn't chime in on this but.. hey I have never been one to do what I should:lipsrseal lol. Soy is now all around us they cram it in just about everything these days. That said I don't think in moderation it is bad or evil. BUT I have to say I have an auto immune condition that can at times make me very sensitive to my enviornment and things in it.. I have been around candle and soap making my entire life. Learned everything I know from my grandmother. I have, since my diagnosis, always taken precaustions, full gear including mask for soap making, heavy duty gloves for messing with FO's etc. Never really had an issue handling plain old wax. In all that time and in the time I have been doing this strictly on my own (around 10 years now), the only time I have ever had a problem with my health that feel sure had to do with my work, was the one and only time I played with soy wax. With in a week I was very Ill many body chemicals were way out of whack. I spent 3 days in the hospital. Now granted by my own admission my system can be very touchy but wow, and no I am not certain it was the soy wax. But I havent had it in my home or touched it since. To each their own but I'll stick with parrafin thanks. Laura