tea tree and lavender are hormone disruptors?

[Guest guest]

I was looking at the Cancer Prevention Coalition's website and came

across something that has really puzzled me. They list tea tree and

lavender as hormone disruptors found in cosmetics and personal care

products along with all the parabens, phthalates, and formaldehydes.

 

http://www.preventcancer.com/consumers/cosmetics/documents/

Table3_HormDis_forweb_jun189.pdf

 

Does anyone have any more information about this? I sell products

with lavender and tea tree. Am I upping women's risk for breast

cancer by exposing them to these oils?

 

Jessica Burman

Cocoon Apothecary

www.cocoonapothecary.com

jessica

(519)497-9546

[Guest guest]

Tea tree EO is very strong and is only used at 1% in soap, a wash-off product.

A leave-on product would use even less.

 

 

 

I believe (without researching my notes) Lavender and Tea tree EOs both have

allergens in them as do other EO/FOs which can be sensitizing or cause

allergies.

 

 

 

This is a reason why we must get our recipes certified by a cosmetic chemist

safety assessor in Europe so that our products don't hurt anyone. We must list

the allergens on our labels plus complete ingredients in INCI.

 

 

 

HTH, Karen in France

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Hi Jessica,

 

This was discussed at length when newspapers across the country carried an

article claiming that lavender and tea tree caused gynocomastia (premature

development of breasts) in young boys. Articles were traced back to a

research paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine, which we in

the AT community agressively disputed. The study was flawed in many ways.

You can see a series of papers published on aromaconnection here: (they are

sorted by topic in reverse date order, so start at the bottom.)

http://www.aromaconnection.org/lavendertea_treegynecomastia/

 

There is also discussion elsewhere that you might find.

 

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Marcia Elston, Samara Botane/Nature Intelligence

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On Behalf Of Jessica Burman

Monday, January 25, 2010 7:57 AM

 

tea tree and lavender are hormone disruptors?

 

I was looking at the Cancer Prevention Coalition's website and came across

something that has really puzzled me. They list tea tree and lavender as

hormone disruptors found in cosmetics and personal care products along with

all the parabens, phthalates, and formaldehydes.

 

http://www.preventcancer.com/consumers/cosmetics/documents/

Table3_HormDis_forweb_jun189.pdf

 

Does anyone have any more information about this? I sell products with

lavender and tea tree. Am I upping women's risk for breast cancer by

exposing them to these oils?

 

Jessica Burman

Cocoon Apothecary

www.cocoonapothecary.com

jessica

(519)497-9546

[Guest guest]

A safety assessment will not indicate something like hormone

disruption. I am looking a this from a perspective of whether I can

be confident that my product is not messing with people's endocrine

system especially when I have been so careful to avoid phthalates and

parabens in my formulas.

 

 

On 26-Jan-10, at 5:33 AM, Karen Rink wrote:

 

>

>

> Tea tree EO is very strong and is only used at 1% in soap, a wash-

> off product. A leave-on product would use even less.

>

> I believe (without researching my notes) Lavender and Tea tree EOs

> both have allergens in them as do other EO/FOs which can be

> sensitizing or cause allergies.

>

> This is a reason why we must get our recipes certified by a

> cosmetic chemist safety assessor in Europe so that our products

> don't hurt anyone. We must list the allergens on our labels plus

> complete ingredients in INCI.

>

> HTH, Karen in France

>

> EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD

> Join me

>

>