{"id":2819,"date":"2022-03-29T16:53:48","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T16:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cancerfactfinder.org\/sem-categoria\/velas-perfumadas\/"},"modified":"2023-04-11T19:16:04","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T19:16:04","slug":"velas-perfumadas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cancerfactfinder.org\/pt-pt\/produtos-de-consumo\/velas-perfumadas\/","title":{"rendered":"Velas perfumadas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container claim-key-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0 0 1px 0;border-color:#002b5f;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1456px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column 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: 0px;}<\/style><\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#e2e2e2;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1456px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><h2 id=\"enter-claim-here\">Queimar velas perfumadas dentro de casa pode causar cancro<\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3 factfinder-entry-text\"><h3 id=\"o-que-pode-ter-ouvido\">O que pode ter ouvido<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A queima de velas perfumadas emite subst\u00e2ncias qu\u00edmicas cancer\u00edgenas.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"what-science-tells-us\">O que nos diz a ci\u00eancia<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A queima de velas perfumadas pode levar a exposi\u00e7\u00f5es cancer\u00edgenas atrav\u00e9s da cera e dos pavios. Algumas velas de aromaterapia s\u00e3o feitas de parafina, que \u00e9 um subproduto do petr\u00f3leo que liberta fuligem cancer\u00edgena quando queimado (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenamerica.org\/toxic-candles\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Green America<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). Em elevados n\u00edveis de exposi\u00e7\u00e3o, esta fuligem tamb\u00e9m pode causar ou agravar problemas respirat\u00f3rios e danificar o interior da sua casa (por exemplo, computadores, aparelhos el\u00e9tricos, condutas). Concentra\u00e7\u00f5es prejudiciais de outros poluentes que podem ser encontrados em velas perfumadas (por exemplo, formalde\u00eddo, di\u00f3xido de carbono, mon\u00f3xido de carbono, part\u00edculas em suspens\u00e3o e compostos org\u00e2nicos vol\u00e1teis [COV]) tamb\u00e9m s\u00e3o encontrados em casas onde se queimam velas perfumadas regularmente (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cancerpreventionresearch.aacrjournals.org\/content\/canprevres\/early\/2019\/09\/19\/1940-6207.CAPR-19-0093.full.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adamowicz et al.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Al\u00e9m disso, as velas feitas antes de 2003 podem ter pavios de chumbo. Uma vela com um pavio de chumbo liberta cinco vezes a quantidade de chumbo considerada perigosa para crian\u00e7as e excede as normas de polui\u00e7\u00e3o da EPA para o ar exterior (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenamerica.org\/toxic-candles\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Green America<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). Nenhuma quantidade de chumbo \u00e9 segura para o ser humano e a elevada exposi\u00e7\u00e3o ao chumbo tem sido associada a dist\u00farbios hormonais, problemas comportamentais, dificuldades de aprendizagem e muitos outros problemas de sa\u00fade (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/niosh\/topics\/lead\/health.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CDC<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), incluindo o cancro.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 id=\"evid\u00eancias-epidemiol\u00f3gicas\"><strong>Evid\u00eancias epidemiol\u00f3gicas<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Existem evid\u00eancias epidemiol\u00f3gicas limitadas sobre a exposi\u00e7\u00e3o a velas perfumadas e o risco de cancro.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 id=\"evid\u00eancias-laboratoriais\/elem\"><strong>Evid\u00eancias laboratoriais\/elementos comprovativos<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As evid\u00eancias laboratoriais mostraram que as velas em si n\u00e3o s\u00e3o uma preocupa\u00e7\u00e3o. Um estudo de 2007 descobriu que as subst\u00e2ncias qu\u00edmicas que comp\u00f5em as velas est\u00e3o bem abaixo do valor limite para causar problemas de sa\u00fade (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eca-candles.com\/pdf\/Oekometric-Wax-1797_NCA_NL_42908.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AECM<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). No entanto, a queima de velas liberta compostos org\u00e2nicos vol\u00e1teis (COV) no ar que podem ser prejudiciais. Um estudo laboratorial de 2014 mostrou que a quantidade de COV libertada pela queima de velas \u00e9 muito baixa e n\u00e3o grande o suficiente para ser prejudicial para a sa\u00fade humana (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0273230014000348?via%3Dihub\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Petry et al.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Classifica\u00e7\u00e3o carcinog\u00e9nica do CIIC:<\/i><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> N\u00e3o classificado<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"how-to-reduce-your-risk\">Como reduzir o risco<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Existem muitas alternativas de velas n\u00e3o t\u00f3xicas: as velas 100% de cera de abelha com pavios de algod\u00e3o s\u00e3o livres de produtos qu\u00edmicos t\u00f3xicos, assim como as velas feitas de cera 100% vegetal ou de soja (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenamerica.org\/toxic-candles\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Green America<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). Para reduzir a fuligem, independentemente do tipo de vela, apare os pavios em 3 mm. A aromaterapia sem velas \u00e9 outra forma de libertar aromas agrad\u00e1veis sem subprodutos prejudiciais. Os \u00f3leos essenciais n\u00e3o s\u00e3o t\u00f3xicos e podem ser libertados atrav\u00e9s de um difusor ou de um anel queimador ou adicionados a um banho quente.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"bottom-line\">Conclus\u00e3o<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00c9 improv\u00e1vel que o uso ocasional de velas perfumadas tenha efeitos cancer\u00edgenos, mas a queima frequente de algumas velas perfumadas n\u00e3o vegetais ou que n\u00e3o sejam \u00e0 base de soja pode aumentar o risco de cancro. Escolha alternativas n\u00e3o t\u00f3xicas ao comprar velas perfumadas.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"sources-and-links-for-more-inf\">Saiba mais nestas fontes fidedignas<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenamerica.org\/toxic-candles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Green America: Velas t\u00f3xicas (em ingl\u00eas)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/cancerpreventionresearch.aacrjournals.org\/content\/canprevres\/early\/2019\/09\/19\/1940-6207.CAPR-19-0093.full.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adamowicz et al. Velas perfumadas como fator n\u00e3o reconhecido que aumenta o risco de cancro da bexiga; existem evid\u00eancias suficientes para sinais de alarme? (em ingl\u00eas)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.snopes.com\/fact-check\/do-scented-candles-cause-cancer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Snopes: As velas perfumadas e o cancro (em ingl\u00eas)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/niosh\/topics\/lead\/health.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Centro de Controlo e Preven\u00e7\u00e3o de Doen\u00e7as (CDC): Chumbo (em ingl\u00eas)<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"date\">Data<\/h3>\n<p>Publica\u00e7\u00e3o: 29 de junho de 2021<br \/>\nVerifica\u00e7\u00e3o\/atualiza\u00e7\u00e3o: 22 de agosto de 2022<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-2{width:100% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-2 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 1.92%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 1.92%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-2{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-2 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-2{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-2 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-flex-container.fusion-builder-row-2{ padding-top : 0px;margin-top : 0px;padding-right : 0px;padding-bottom : 0px;margin-bottom : 0px;padding-left : 0px;}<\/style><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[249],"tags":[124,202,240,315],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cancerfactfinder.org\/pt-pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2819"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cancerfactfinder.org\/pt-pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cancerfactfinder.org\/pt-pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cancerfactfinder.org\/pt-pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cancerfactfinder.org\/pt-pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2819"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/cancerfactfinder.org\/pt-pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4015,"href":"https:\/\/cancerfactfinder.org\/pt-pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2819\/revisions\/4015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cancerfactfinder.org\/pt-pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cancerfactfinder.org\/pt-pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cancerfactfinder.org\/pt-pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}