Answer True or False.
1. Maslinic acid, a compound in the wax from olive skin has been found to promote the spread of HIV.
2. Commercially available beewax (a natural wax produced by bees) for use in cosmetics and other products is mostly refined, bleached, deodorized or may have undergone additional chemical treatments.
3. Candles can be made from palm wax.
4. The Hungarian wax, aka hot banana, is not a chilli pepper.
5. Ear wax is known as cerumen.
6. Ear wax doesn’t consist of secretion, hair and dead skin.
7. According to new guidelines, we should leave our ear wax alone.
8. Beewax is used to coat pills.
9. The Romans sent messages written with a stylus on wooden writing tablets that were coated with beeswax.
10. Lanolin is also called wool wax.
11. Turtle Wax is wax from a turtle.
12. The Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum in London was set up by Marie Tussaud, a wax sculptor.
Answers: 1. F :: 2. T :: 3. T :: 4. F :: 5. T :: 6. F :: 7. T :: 8. T :: 9. T :: 10. T :: 11. F :: 12. T
Chapter: Home and Living :: 5 September 2008
