Neal's Yard to stop selling sandalwood in products

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Neal's Yard is a huge aromatherapy company in England. Chrissie Wildwood

has worked for years to get them to stop using sandalwood, and has been

successful. She asked me to pass this post on to groups so they may see

what can be done if you set your mind to it:

11th February, 2006

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At long last, the UK based natural products supplier Neal's Yard Remedies

have decided to stop using sandalwood oil in their products. Incidentally,

the sandalwood issue was brought their attention a few years ago, but the

company quickly decided to stop communicating with me because they couldn't

cope with straight talking. All is forgiven Neal's Yard!

 

However, there is a major error in their public statement. The company

assumes that sandalwood (Santalum album) is not listed on any officially

recognised threatened lists. For some reason, they (and many others)

choose to turn a blind eye to sandalwood's entry in the United Nation's

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species!

 

Click below for the Neal's Yard public statement:

 

http://nealsyard.hostcentric.com/store/sandalwood.html

 

Click below to see the IUCN Red Book listing for sandalwood:

 

http://www.redlist.org/search/details.php?species=31852

 

 

 

 

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