FW: DoTerra Essential Oils/

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Last words here from me, again with apologies. Nowhere did I claim to NOT

have contacted the person Anya refers to. I did contact the person who

received the email I quoted in my blogpost to ask them to forward it to me

so that it could be included as evidence to expose DoTERRA. The person

wrote me back and forwarded the email. I never suggested or wrote that I did

NOT contact them. Nothing was taken from the NP list, all of this was

entirely between the individual and I. One of my customers who had asked me

about this company brought the issue to my attention, saying that he had

seen a discussion on a list. I did not know what list, which was

entirely irrelevant. I asked if he would put me in touch with the person he

was referring to and he did.

 

Following is my email request to the person who was the recipient of direct

and potential fraud by DoTERRA, which was evidentiary for my blogpost. If

one examines the blogpost, the email referenced is shown as a forwarded

email, with the original posters clickable email address shown to be at the

DoTERRA corporation, further evidence for the blogpost that the claim was

directly traceable to their headquarters. I removed the recipient's name to

protect their privacy. This was good journalism and entirely ethical.

 

Nothing nefarious, no thievery. Anya, again has completely misread my posts

here that were intended to suggest a little introspection on her part. I'm

not sure how deep she really wants to dig herself in. There was no

plagerism. The original author of the words in question is someone at

DoTERRA writing text intended as a marketing ploy. Is Anya pleading on

their behalf? Who are you defending from this imagined plagerism, Anya?

 

Now can we all just plork?

 

Marcia

 

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Marcia Elston [samara]

Monday, November 16, 2009 7:41 PM

email address removed for privacy

DoTerra Essential Oils

 

 

Hello,

 

A friend emailed me information that you had received from the above company

with reference to the DoTERRA company's essential oils being certified by

the FDA. He said this was their email to you. I believe he saw a post to a

.

<partial quote of DoTERRA claims> removed

 

I and many other reputable essential oil companies have been trying to

provide factual information about essential oils for 20 years and have

battled the misinformation coming from unscrupulous sellers during that long

period. I am doing a blog report about the seal that DoTERRA have

trademarked and are misrepresenting as being certification from the FDA.

 

Would you be willing to forward me the email from them so that I can

reference their response? DoTERRA is a multi-level marketing company and it

is possible that one of their distributors has mis-used or misrepresented

the mark, however, I know no other reason for DoTERRA to register this word

mark and seal, other than to mislead customers into thinking that it is an

'official' seal of approval from the FDA or other independent certifying

body.

 

FYI, there are no FDA approved essential oils, other than the G.R.A.S.

designation, which is determined by the scientists in the food industry

after diligent research to determine the safety of such ingredients as

foods, and the limits of percentages that are allowable. There are variable

'qualities' that make an essential suitable for aromatherapy, but there is

no official government certification for this at this time.

 

Thank you for your kind consideration.

 

Be Well,

Marcia Elston, Samara Botane/Nature Intelligence

http://www.wingedseed.com <http://www.wingedseed.com/>

http://www.wingedseed.blogspot.com <http://www.wingedseed.blogspot.com/>

http://www.aromaconnection.org <http://www.aromaconnection.org/>

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