Re link to article on oils-herbs

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The link below was posted on oil-herbs by Anya.

http://www.NaturalNews.com/022902.html

 

I sent a reply over this dreadful web article but it has either not

been published or of course it may not have arrived. The moderators

of that group are not responding as to if it has been blocked or what.

I thought readers here would find the below of interest.

 

The message is something like this, as I didn't keep a copy of my

original:

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Shame on you Anya posting this link to a site making the most alarming

scare mongering claims simply to sell their products. This article is

just the kind of fodder the media seize on to damn natural products.

This at a time when we are under concerted attack by toxicologists

around the world.

 

He says the dangers are on an EPA website, but does not point out that

the dangers are from over exposure to these chemicals. That is

no difference between taking two aspirin for a headache or downing a

bottle to kill yourself. The posting of such unqualified information,

even on Government web sites, is misleading in the extreme. It is far

worse when it is posted by a supposed " green " author who should be

promoting natural products based on the truth and not misleading

chemistry.

 

The specific errors are:

 

>What's In Those Dryer Sheets?*

 

>* Benzyl Acetate: Linked to pancreatic cancer.

This occurs naturally in many flower extracts including jasmin and is

a permitted food flavouring.

 

>* Benzyl Alcohol: Upper respiratory tract irritant.

Can be up to 40% in Jasmin

 

> Ethanol: On the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Hazardous

>waste list and capable of causing entral nervous system disorders.

Well of course if you drink a bottle of gin, ethyl alcohol is in all

alcoholic drinks!!!!!

 

>* A-Terpineol: Can cause respiratory problems, including fatal edema,

>and central nervous system damage'.

Found in at least 150 plant extracts including many essential oils.

 

>* Ethyl Acetate: A narcotic on the EPA's Hazardous Waste list.

Not in many natural extracts but an approved food flavouring.

 

>* Camphor: Causes central nervous system disorders.

Found in varying amounts in numerous essential oils most of which are

also permitted food flavourings.

 

>* Linalool: A narcotic that causes central nervous system disorders.

Need I say anything? We better all stop using lavender and neroli then!!

 

If you make soaps, perfumers, cosmetics etc. using oils containing

these chemicals, I suggest you contact this author and ask him to

remove or modify his inept article.

 

Martin Watt

http://www.aromamedical.com