Cropwatch's latest newsletter and call for volunteers

[Guest guest]

Anya here - posting Tony's latest. I cannot stress enough the importance

of what he's doing FOR US ALL.

 

Now, let's put the power and beauty of this large group to work --

please volunteer to help him if you have any expertise in the areas he's

asking for assistance with, or perhaps you're just a great researcher

and can track down the information despite not having these issues in

your area of expertise.

 

I've never put out a call here before on such an issue, and it's about

time. You get a lot of great free natural perfumery advice here, so this

is aimed at the lurkers, too, not just those who post and are known. If

you're shy, you can still contribute to the natural perfumery world, so

please contact Tony at tony

 

His latest message:

 

Dear All,

 

As we approach critical mass, we have some choices to make.

 

Perfumery used to be about history, art & culture. Now it seems to be

mainly about the (often nonsensical) regulation of ingredients. driven

by a form of imposed & unchallengeable legislatory 'Toxicological

Imperialism'. This itself is held in place by fear-culture amongst

perfume buyers, who are terrified of media exposure/litigation over

supposedly harmful fragrance ingredients. Interest in herbal medicine

used to include your right to self-dosing, using traditional active

plant extracts. A program of their removal from shop-shelves is the

result of back-door lobbying, via pharmaceutical concerns. Our age-old

usage of aromatic plants & essential oils for their useful properties -

as biocides, antiseptics etc. etc., is similarly curtailed by this

flawed system of Hyperbureaucratic Technocracy within Europe, which is

being carbon-copied by authorities in Canada, the US and other countries.

 

How much longer do we have to put up with this sorry state of affairs

where natural ingredient use is often so affected by negligible & *

*unquantified risk, before everyone sees that in reality this is an

" Emperors New Clothes " situation? The revolution for common sense in

aromatic regulation starts here. We are getting ever bigger! Join us!

 

Please find Cropwatch's August 2007 Newsletter attached.

 

Tony Burfield

Cropwatch

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

P.S. Volunteers are needed to help examine the following areas...

 

1. Furanocoumarins. Academics & industrialists are helping us construct

a massive data-base, which we will make publicly available, so we can

all see the issues for ourselves. But we need more help.

2. Methyl eugenol carcinogenicity - challenges to the present accepted &

outdated view.

3. Dimethyl & diethyl phthalates - ignored data & any associated

industry conspiracy issues (thanks to the Perfume Foundation for this lead).

4. Sensitisers - ignored contrary evidence to the '26 Sensitisers' issue

& new policy initiatives.

5. Issues of transparency & secrecy, freedom of information & the

withholding of safety data from the public domain within professional

trade & research organisations. This area includes how regulatory

bodies have processed scientific evidence, & examining records of how

scientific decisions were made. We have limited evidence from a number

of academics that an 'expert' EU advisory committee has not properly

dealt with (or perhaps have not properly understood) submitted evidence

in particular cases; these need public exposure, & we need to establish

a more robust code of practice.

 

--

Sincerely, Anya

of Natural Perfume

Natural Perfumers Guild http://NaturalPerfumersGuild.com

Natural Perfumers 1200+ members Group http://tinyurl.com/78kmv

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Absolutely folks! If you appreciate your essential oils, and other

natural smelly things you'll want to really pay attention to this stuff.

 

Even if the legislation Tony is discussing doesn't come across the

pond directly to us (which it very well may) .. its ripples will be

felt far and wide and your access to the very things you're on this

list to discuss because you enjoy them may go buh bye!!!

 

*Smile*

Chris (list mom)

 

Lots of Floral Waxes - ON SALE THIS WEEK!

http://www.alittleolfactory.com

 

 

, Anya <anya wrote:

>

> Anya here - posting Tony's latest. I cannot stress enough the

importance of what he's doing FOR US ALL.

 

> Now, let's put the power and beauty of this large group to work --

> please volunteer to help him if you have any expertise in the areas

he's asking for assistance with, or perhaps you're just a great

researcher and can track down the information despite not having these

issues in your area of expertise.

>

> I've never put out a call here before on such an issue, and it's

about time. You get a lot of great free natural perfumery advice here,

so this is aimed at the lurkers, too, not just those who post and are

known. If you're shy, you can still contribute to the natural

perfumery world, so please contact Tony at info @ cropwatch.org (no

spaces)

 

>

> His latest message:

>

Dear All,

 

As we approach critical mass, we have some choices to make.

 

Perfumery used to be about history, art & culture. Now it seems to be

mainly about the (often nonsensical) regulation of ingredients. driven

by a form of imposed & unchallengeable legislatory 'Toxicological

Imperialism'. This itself is held in place by fear-culture amongst

perfume buyers, who are terrified of media exposure/litigation over

supposedly harmful fragrance ingredients. Interest in herbal medicine

used to include your right to self-dosing, using traditional active

plant extracts. A program of their removal from shop-shelves is the

result of back-door lobbying, via pharmaceutical concerns. Our

age-old usage of aromatic plants & essential oils for their useful

properties - as biocides, antiseptics etc. etc., is similarly

curtailed by this flawed system of Hyperbureaucratic Technocracy

within Europe, which is being carbon-copied by authorities in Canada,

the US and other countries.

 

How much longer do we have to put up with this sorry state of affairs

where natural ingredient use is often so affected by negligible &

unquantified risk, before everyone sees that in reality this is an

" Emperors New Clothes " situation? The revolution for common sense in

aromatic regulation starts here. We are getting ever bigger! Join us!

 

Please find Cropwatch's August 2007 Newsletter attached.

 

Tony Burfield

Cropwatch

www.cropwatch.org

P.S. Volunteers are needed to help examine the following areas...

 

1. Furanocoumarins. Academics & industrialists are helping us

construct a massive data-base, which we will make publicly available,

so we can all see the issues for ourselves. But we need more help.

2. Methyl eugenol carcinogenicity - challenges to the present accepted

& outdated view.

3. Dimethyl & diethyl phthalates - ignored data & any associated

industry conspiracy issues (thanks to the Perfume Foundation for this

lead).

4. Sensitisers - ignored contrary evidence to the '26 Sensitisers'

issue & new policy initiatives.

5. Issues of transparency & secrecy, freedom of information & the

withholding of safety data from the public domain within professional

trade & research organisations. This area includes how regulatory

bodies have processed scientific evidence, & examining records of how

scientific decisions were made. We have limited evidence from a number

of academics that an 'expert' EU advisory committee has not properly

dealt with (or perhaps have not properly understood) submitted

evidence in particular cases; these need public exposure, & we need to

establish a more robust code of practice.

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