Safety/Toxicity
August 28th, 2008 — , Essential Oils/Plant Extractions, Regulatory Issues, Safety/Toxicity, Standards, perfumery from Tony Burfield @ the aromaconnection blog
From the forthcoming Cropwatch Newsletter & by the Cropwatch Team (with considerable help from those who have to remain anonymous). Aug 2008 Executive summary SCCP Opinion SCCP/1131/07 ‘Opinion on Oakmoss/Treemoss’ adopted at the 15th Plenary Meeting on 15th April 2008…
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August 26th, 2008 — , Safety/Toxicity, incense from Rob @ the aromaconnection blog
Reuters (and a lot of others) report on a study that suggests that “regularly inhaling the smoke could put people at risk of cancers of the respiratory tract.” The findings are published in the medical journal Cancer for October 1,…
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August 11th, 2008 — , Essential Oils/Plant Extractions, Regulatory Issues, Safety/Toxicity from Tony Burfield @ the aromaconnection blog
(Being an excerpt from forthcoming Cropwatch Newsletter August 2008) by Tony Burfield August 2008. Curiously ignored by the cosmetics trade press, whose hacks probably failed to understand its significance, the Scientific Committee on Cosmetic Products (SCCP) Opinion SCCP/1153/08 on Dermal…
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August 11th, 2008 — , Essential Oils/Plant Extractions, Regulatory Issues, Safety/Toxicity from Rob @ the aromaconnection blog
United Nations (UN) Numbers are four-digit numbers used world-wide in international commerce and transportation to identify hazardous chemicals or classes of hazardous materials. A friend asked me how to determine what these numbers are for essential oils, since the number…
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July 23rd, 2008 — , Essential Oils/Plant Extractions, Safety/Toxicity from Rob @ the aromaconnection blog
A note in the previous post referenced data about poison center reports for essential oils. This piqued my curiosity, so I read the article in the New York Times and then looked up the original data to gain some perspective….
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June 29th, 2008 — , Essential Oils/Plant Extractions, Research, Safety/Toxicity, Standards from Rob @ the aromaconnection blog
In one of those strange serendipitous moments that can happen with Google Alerts, I visited an article entitled “Tick and Mosquito Repellent Can Be Made Commercially from Pine Oil” which describes “a naturally-occurring compound prepared from pine oil” that deters…
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June 18th, 2008 — , Politics, Regulatory Issues, Safety/Toxicity, Standards from Rob @ the aromaconnection blog
The Natural Products Association (NPA) has announced that applications for its “Natural Standard” certification are available. The certification process will be based on the NPA Standard published on May 1 [PDF] and discussed here previously (which is not quite ready…
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June 1st, 2008 — , Certification, Organizations, Politics, Regulatory Issues, Research, Safety/Toxicity, Trade Issues from Marcia @ the aromaconnection blog
The past decade has seen an explosion of small, independent aromatics products companies emerge from the kitchens and basements of America. From aromatherapy wellness products creators, indie natural perfumers, sultry incense formulators, handmade soap makers and makers of bath products…
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April 30th, 2008 — , Organizations, Politics, Regulatory Issues, Research, Safety/Toxicity, perfumery from Tony Burfield @ the aromaconnection blog
Cropwatch Statement After 4 or 5 years of continuous activity, Cropwatch has some choices to make. Do we go on the way that we have been, snapping at the ankles of those who run & regulate the aroma industry so…
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April 28th, 2008 — , Essential Oils/Plant Extractions, Regulatory Issues, Safety/Toxicity, aromatherapy, perfumery from Tony Burfield @ the aromaconnection blog
Copyright © Tony Burfield April 2008 Preamble The EU Cosmetics Commission, well known for setting the pace worldwide for (over-)-precautionary cosmetics legislation, is seemingly determined to limit furanocoumarins (FC’s) in retailed fragranced products to minutely low levels. This is because…
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April 27th, 2008 — , Regulatory Issues, Safety/Toxicity, perfumery from Tony Burfield @ the aromaconnection blog
Copyright © Tony Burfield April 2008. QRA – A Potted History The Qualitative Risk Assessment (QRA) methodology was recommended as a result of progress of the COLIPA Toxicology Advisory Group and the Joint COLIPA/AISE/EFFA/IFRA Perfume Safety Group, to address dermal…
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April 4th, 2008 — , Ecological/Cultural Sustainability, Events, Notes and News, Oil Crops, Research, Safety/Toxicity, Trade Issues, aromatherapy from Marcia @ the aromaconnection blog
P&F has gleaned statistics from Datamonitor on the growth of the Fair Trade market, stating that “ethical consumerism will increasingly come to the fore as people shop for products they feel akin to politically, ethically and aesthetically.” Aromatic extracts such…
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March 25th, 2008 — , Essential Oils/Plant Extractions, Safety/Toxicity, Weblogs, aromatherapy from Rob @ the aromaconnection blog
An article about aromatherapy and essential oils has been published on Mike Adams Natural News web site. Entitled Raise Your Immunity Frequency With Essential Oils to Beat the Common Cold, the article appears to have been cobbled together from old…
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