Hydrosols/Hydrolats vs Floral Waters - another wrinkle

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Hey Anya,

 

Thanks for this .. it sorta supports and defends my position on why we

should NOT use the term " floral waters " .. and why we should all, in

each and every industry in the world, try to speak a common language.

 

Y'all keep smiling. :-) Butch http://www.AV-AT.com

 

PS: Leaving it intact in case somebody missed it.

 

> Organic Consumers Association Campaign Focuses on Truthful Labeling in

> Body Care Products

>

> HerbalGram. 2003;60:12 © American Botanical Council (Buy This Issue)

>

> The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) has launched its Coming Clean

> campaign to draw attention to the practice of " watering down " body care

> products that are labeled as organic.

>

> The main point brought up by the campaign is the use of " flower water " or

> " floral water " as a primary ingredient for products. This ingredient,

> according to OCA, is simply water or steam derived from water that has had

> flowers steeped in it, similar to the process in which tea is steeped in

> water. Such water contains only minute amounts of organic substances, and

> is a weak basis for claiming that a product is " organic " in nature, OCA

> claimed in a recent release.

>

> OCA contends that some companies use these waters in efforts to bypass

> guidelines made by the National Organic Program stating that only products

> with a non-water, non-salt weight of more than 70% can be labeled as

> organic. By claiming that the " floral water " is organic, companies use an

> " organic " label regardless of the presence of other ingredients of the

> product, many or all of which may not qualify as organically produced under

> current federal laws and industry standards.

>

> Some of the substances in body care products that the OCA is concerned with

> are those derived from petroleum and surfactants containing traces of the

> highly toxic carcinogen, dioxin.

>

> OCA defines organic cleansers as products made by simple and ecologically

> friendly processes with certified organic materials and no petroleum

> derivatives. Information on Coming Clean can be found at the campaign’s

> website <www.organicconsumers.org/bodycare>.

>

> –Sarah Jackson

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> Anya

> http://member.newsguy.com/~herblady