Reply on Folded Orange - Jenn-Marge

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Sorry I can't reply in person but is still refusing to let me sign

in from this side of the pond, even using US proxies!

 

Jenn I was not meaning to get at you on this matter, my comments apply

to anyone selling and using products with unknown safety and that

applies to most AT oil suppliers.

 

http://citrusandallied.com/products/viewMSDSSheet.php?ProductNo=150612

This is a standard MSD. It does not include *any referenced safety

data* on toxicity or skin effects. Unreferenced information is pretty

useless information. Please take note of the 'get-out cover your ass'

clauses as the end.

 

http://www.floridachemical.com/datasheets/foldedorangeoil.html#safety

Comments exactly as above.

 

Such standard MSDs are of limited value for aromatherapy or any other

skin application purposes.

 

(BUTCH's NOTE: Material Safety Data Sheets are totally useless in all

respects for determining what should be used in AT. That is not the

intent of a MSDS .. its a document to be used for those storing and

transporting chemicals and technically should be on file at the local

fire department in case they have to put out a fire in your store.)

 

I am not so concerned about the photosensitizing capacity of folded

citrus oils, but more so about their potential sensitizing properties. I

believe the coumarin waxes are removed with the processing although that

data is not indicated in the safety sheets. However, the concentration

process will inevitably concentrate other chemicals in the oil which

might cause ordinary sensitization reactions. The fact is no one knows

because it has *not been formally tested for skin safety*.

 

As to the use of these concentrates in food: You have to appreciate that

manufacturers only use these folded oils as flavors in parts per

million. Bitter orange oil has a maximum reported volume of use as 428

parts per million as a flavour, the 5 x oil would therefore be way

lower. This is like cinnamon bark oil, not a big problem with tiny

amounts in food, but on the skin - no way! I doubt that a drop of this

orange concentrate in a bath occasionally would cause any problems, but

I certainly would not recommend it for use in any cosmetic type

applications at anything above the amount used in foods. It is regular

use that can cause the problems.

 

I have a simple policy: " If any oil has not been formally tested for

skin safety then do not use it on the skin in any form " . An application

by a company in the UK to use Melissa oil in a cream was rejected by the

safety assessor on the grounds that there was no published safety data.

I agree 100% with that attitude.

 

Martin

http://www.aromamedical.com