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While the thought and purpose is appreciated, this list is just plain wrong. Does the Environmental Working Group have any evidence of safety for these products? I think not. They're in the same bag as the FDA, they just have a bias towards 'natural' products. In fact, even according to alternative medicine practitioners, essential oil treatments shouldn't be used if pregnant or lactating (especiallly rosemary, juniper, basil, and roses). The rest are just big unknowns. While the essential oil of nutmeg sounds pretty harmless, the chemicals you are getting are thousands times more concentrated, and that's not always safe. Aromatherapy and its ilk are cottage industries and don't even do the minimal (and still insufficient) safety testing that larger compainies do.
From the frying pan and into the fire!
Posted by: MG | February 12, 2007 9:55 PM