Clear vs Colored Glass for Essential Oils

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Wed, 18 Jun 2003 23:32:58 -0700

butch owen <butchbsi

 

Clear vs Colored Glass for Essential Oils

 

Hi y'all,

 

Reference the discussion on this subject a few days ago. I have a few

opinions on this .. and danged near most things .. even if I might be

wrong from time to time. ;-p Clear Glass Sucks .. I think!

 

Saying that clear glass is as safe as colored glass is but an opinion

or a position or a claim of one who sells in clear bottles. This

subject came up on the Idma list years ago .. I kept most of the

replies but I am not going to repeat them here. NOBODY agreed with

this position .. to include some active research scientists (also

PhD's if that means anything to anyone reading this .. it doesn't to

me) and to others who were highly qualified outside the area of aroma

chemistry.

 

It was August 1999. At that time, there was much scientific hoo-doo

and counter hoo-doo .. and it was one of the most heated of the many

heated exchanges we've had on Idma. The heavy weights got involved

and it was almost like a Star Wars battle. Only difference was there

was a lot more name calling than we find in the Star Wars movie.

 

If its fear mongering and propaganda that caused manufacturers of many

products containing chemicals .. for the last 250 + years .. to use

only colored glass .. then we have a world full of mega-buck and

scientific organizations who are susceptable to the power of glass

makers .. and if you believe that, I have a bridge in Istanbul up for

sale now.

 

In fact, there are many studies showing the negative effects of light

and temperature on essential oils .. and I'm not buying that ANYTHING

is not susceptible to the effects of light .. including rocks.

 

I know that those in the know don't buy the arguement presented but I

have to admit that propaganda does influence many people. We see it

with those who choose to follow Young Living .. and those who are

willing to believe that colored glass is safe for essential oils.

Could just be that someone got a real good buy on clear glass.

 

According to my readings (and I read a lot for a dumb ol' kuntry boy),

its been like 250 years or so since patented or commercial medications

came on the scene .. but glass has been produced since around 3,500 BC

to protect what they used as healing remedies .. and the preferred

colors were dark VIOLET/PURPLE and GOLD .. leastways that's the way

its stated in some history texts.

 

So .. if those folks were blowing smoke at each other .. it means

we've continued that smoke blowing for more than 250 years .. well

over 5,500 years it is and I ain't ready to buy that folks were all

that stupid for all that long. Good chance it is they didn't know why

their potions needed protection .. but they knew they did.

 

I believe that the protective ability against photochemical processes

of glass ranges as does the colors of the Spectrum .. starting and

ending in that order. Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo and

Violet.

 

My position is that UV rays are potent and stopped by very few things,

including clothing and clouds. The worst sunburns can occur on cloudy

days when UV rays reflect off of the clouds and sunbathers get a

double dose. Another issue is electro-magnetic radiation or pulse

(commonly called and in military terms, EMP .. electromagnetic

radiation in many areas of the spectrum will cause molecules to ionize

and that results in fragmentation .. a breakdown it is so a good thing

it ain't. This will occur faster if the oil is colored to begin with

... the color itself is an indication that there are molecular

electronic transitions taking place in the visible range of our eyes.

 

I use Miron Violet Glass because its PROVEN via some fairly

sophisticated research that Violet is the most protective color in the

Spectrum. For a time, I had the research on my site under " About

AVNP " .. the link is now " Die Seite wurde nicht gefunden. " So I went

looking again and found a link .. here

http://www.luminanti.com/mironvioletglass.html

 

I do not use Miron on wholesale orders because the buyer is going to

empty the bottle and refill their own brand anyway.

 

Miron Violet is expensive. Howsomever .. this ol' kuntry boy ordered

his in 1999 by the Pallet Load .. a Pallet Load of each size .. and

though it was a MAJOR START UP INVESTMENT I got'em for a good bit

less. ;-p

 

Miron Violet is a old Swiss patent .. produced in Germany. You wanna

see what they look like .. go here http://www.AV-AT.com/about.html

 

They look almost black. On 11 August 1999 we had the Full Sun Eclipse

right over Ankara .. enterprising folks were selling smoked glass and

whatever on every street corner the day before. My employees and I

stood on my office balcony and watched it for the entire period ..

using 100 ml Miron Violet Glass .. it was a wonderful sight fer'shur.

Here it tells a bit about those rare events ..

http://www.eclipse99.nasa.gov/

 

Twas a big deal here .. Parlimentarians took a break and filed into

the Grand National Assembly gardens (we didn't notice they weren't

working).

 

Shops closed and many people said their marriage vows again or for the

first time during the eclipse, to include a number of foreign elipse

chasers ... traffic stopped (unbelievable for Turkey) ... and a three

year old child being held on the railing of a third story balcony was

dropped and fell. The child landed in a big pile of sand and had no

injuries. :-)

 

During that period, millions of dollars were committed to scientific

study of the habits of certain critters, birds, turtles, etc., and

their reaction to the short period of daytime darkness - not sure what

they were looking for, but I reckon they found it. I know it had an

impact on two-legged critters. It created a regular festival-like

atmosphere here in Turkey. That night the bars were full of Eclipse

partiers - ol' Butch being one uv'em. ;-) Nice little article on the

bird watching http://birding.about.com/library/weekly/aa080899.htm

 

Interesting it is .. and perhaps coincidental .. but six days later,

at 0305 in the morning on 17 August 1999 .. we had the largest

earthquake we've had in memory here in Turkey .. I spent the next

seven days in Golcuk (the epicenter) digging out bodies .. few were

alive. Turkey had more than 22,000 deaths in that quake. :-(

 

Back to glass y'all .. since Miron Violet costs a heckuva lot more

than the other colors I'd have to be some kinda ignert idjit to use

them if I didn't believe they were worth it. An ol' kuntry boy I is

but an ignert idjit I reckon I ain't. ;-p

 

If I am wrong and clear glass is fine for essential oils .. I have no

more to say on this .. but I'm not gonna swallow it based on the

opinion of anyone .. an academic degree will not be enough to convince

me .. I need verifiable facts. If I am right then those end-users who

buy in clear glass might be buying more oils .. more often .. from

some of the good folks on this list .. might even be from me. ;-9

 

Y'all keep smiling, Butch :-) Butch http://www.AV-AT.com