Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 We sell a lot of products that are free and clear and have no fragrances or dyes in them, but we do sell some products that have fragrances. We try to use natural, and, where possible, organic fragrances. But fragrances will trigger allergy attacks in some people even if they're organic.
Mike: Yes.
Hollender: So, we need to provide those safe solutions for people who can't tolerate any fragrances at all.
Mike: I'm so glad you do. That's -- again -- one reason I'm one of your best customers. |
Stacy Malkan
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 Even "unscented" products may have masking fragrances — chemicals used to cover up the odor of other chemicals.
Some hidden hazards that may be lurking within synthetic-chemical fragrances include:
• Allergens. fragrances are considered to be among the top five known allergens, and are known to both cause asthma and trigger asthma attacks.14
• Phthalates. Product tests conducted by Consumer Reports in January 2007 found the phthalates DEP and DEHP in all eight of eight perfumes tested. |
Andreas Moritz
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 Federal law allows fragrance makers to include potentially hazardous chemicals in their products, including the highly toxic phthalates and artificial musk. Most fragrances contain phthalates. They are added to plastic to soften it. When absorbed by the skin, they act as the most powerful estrogens ever known. And abnormal estrogen levels cause cancer. Synthetically produced musk is linked to skin irritation, hormone disruption, and cancer as well. Natural fragrances emitted from aroma oils are beneficial for the body. |
Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith
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 Synthetic fragrances: The synthetic fragrances used in cosmetics can have hundreds of ingredients. There is no way to know what the chemicals are, since on the label it will simply read "fragrance." Some problems caused by these chemicals include headaches, dizziness, rash, hyperpigmentation, violent coughing, vomiting, skin irritation—the list goes on.Try to avoid buying a cosmetic that has the word "fragrance"on the ingredients label. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| We try to use natural, and, where possible, organic fragrances. But fragrances will trigger allergy attacks in some people even if they're organic.
Mike: Yes.
Hollender: So, we need to provide those safe solutions for people who can't tolerate any fragrances at all.
Mike: I'm so glad you do. That's -- again -- one reason I'm one of your best customers. Now, let's talk about a new project that you have coming up that is covered in this book, "Naturally Clean."
Hollender: Sure.
Mike: This is due to come out when?
Hollender: Actually, it's coming out right this week. |
Stacy Malkan
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| Some hidden hazards that may be lurking within synthetic-chemical fragrances include:
• Allergens. fragrances are considered to be among the top five known allergens, and are known to both cause asthma and trigger asthma attacks.14
• Phthalates. Product tests conducted by Consumer Reports in January 2007 found the phthalates DEP and DEHP in all eight of eight perfumes tested.15 The Not Too Pretty report found phthalates in 72% of personal care products, including fragrance-containing shampoos, deodorants and hair gels. None of the products listed phthalates on the label.16
• Sensitizers. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| We try to use natural, and, where possible, organic fragrances. But fragrances will trigger allergy attacks in some people even if they're organic.
Mike: Yes.
Hollender: So, we need to provide those safe solutions for people who can't tolerate any fragrances at all.
Mike: I'm so glad you do. That's -- again -- one reason I'm one of your best customers. Now, let's talk about a new project that you have coming up that is covered in this book, "Naturally Clean."
Hollender: Sure.
Mike: This is due to come out when?
Hollender: Actually, it's coming out right this week. |
Andreas Moritz
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| You would probably never burn paraffin candles unless the bad smell they produce (comparable to diesel fumes) were not covered up by synthetic fragrances, many of which are irritants or toxins themselves. And if you had known that the soot, smoke and chemical residue from these candles can stick to the walls, ceiling, and ventilation ducts and get circulated whenever you turn on your healing/cooling system, you would probably never have lit them. Now you know. Pure beeswax candles don't cause any of those problems. |
| Natural fragrances emitted from aroma oils are beneficial for the body. Synthetic aromas, on the other hand, disrupt hormonal communication, and they accumulate in your body.
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Ener-Chi Art is a unique tool for rejuvenation (based on energized oil paintings by Andreas Moritz) that helps restore a balanced flow of chi (vital energy) through the organs and systems in the body, within less than one minute. |
KC Craichy
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 Food and Drug Administration, fragrances cause 30 percent of all allergic reactions, and 72 percent of asthmatics experience respiratory symptoms when exposed to fragrances.20 It only takes one person entering a building wearing a scented product to affect the air quality. This is because scented products can drift thtoughout an entire area wherever the ait takes them. Workers in the perfume industry are among those with the highest rates of asthma.21 An epidemiological study of children living near perfume factories found a higher rate of asthma than the normal population. |
Donna Jackson Nakazawa
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 Avoid cosmetics that include parabens (methyl-, ethyl-, propyl-, and butylparabens); phthalates; sodium laureth/sodium laurel sulfate; butyl/ethyl acetate; petrolatum; cocamide DEA/lauramide DEA; diazolidinyl urea; propylene glycol; toluene; synthetic colors and fragrances; and triethanolamine. Likewise, avoid using synthetic perfumes and cologne. Studies show that many perfumes and colognes often contain phthalates and parabens (both of which are known endocrine disruptors). |
KC Craichy
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| For example, citral, a common ingredient in fragrances, causes prostate gland enlargement. Men working in a perfume and soap factory in Sweden were found to have high incidence of prostate cancer.23 Diethyl phthalate (DEP), a plastic commonly found in tissues of childbearing-age women, is a hormone disruptor. An analysis of a popular perfume found DEP made up over 10 percent of the product.24
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| Food and Drug Administration, fragrances cause 30 percent of all allergic reactions, and 72 percent of asthmatics experience respiratory symptoms when exposed to fragrances.20 It only takes one person entering a building wearing a scented product to affect the air quality. This is because scented products can drift thtoughout an entire area wherever the ait takes them. Workers in the perfume industry are among those with the highest rates of asthma.21 An epidemiological study of children living near perfume factories found a higher rate of asthma than the normal population. |
Paula Begoun and Bryan Barron
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 Does the product contain problematic fragrances (including volatile fragrance components), plants, topical irritants, or other questionable ingredients that could cause problems for skin?
5. How farfetched are the product's claims?
6. Based on what's known about the ingredients it contains, is the product safe? Are there risks such as allergic reactions, increased sun sensitivity, insufficient sunscreen formulations, or potentially toxic ingredients? |
Jack Challem
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 Aromatherapy is based on natural essential oils extracted from plants, whereas perfumes and fragrances are usually made from synthetic molecules created in a laboratory. As potent as natural essential oils are, their effect can be greatly enhanced by using them to lubricate the skin during a therapeutic massage.
Researchers have determined that the scent of lavender increases alpha waves in the brain, which is the type of brain activity associated with relaxation, and jasmine increases stimulating beta waves. |
Mehmet C. Oz., M.D. and Michael F. Roizen, M.D.
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 Plus, 15 percent of us are allergic to the common fragrances. To compound the problem, we're spending more time indoors. So make sure to open your windows as often as possible and bring fresh air in (even once a week in the heat of summer or cold of winter).
IN (rARA&E New car smell is more delightful than fresh pie, but it's also ripe with chemicals. Perhaps to the disappointment of your sniffer, it's best to air out new cars.
Don't store any old chemicals, like paint, that contain toluene, a potent reproductive toxin. Buy what you need, then get rid of it when you've finished your project. |
KC Craichy
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| Cosmetics and Fragrances
Up to 400 different toxic chemicals are used in a single perfume manufactured today, and today's fragrances are 97 percent synthetic chemicals. To get our shampoo to smell like watermelon or strawberry, chemists must manipulate our neurosensors, making us believe that we are detecting the smell of those fruits. No one is standing over a perfume bottle squeezing essence of watermelon into the bottle! |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 In each of these categories, there are many alternatives available: Natural products that are either fragrance-free or made from essential oil fragrances only. If you wish to find success in applying the Law of Attraction, it's crucial to get these artificial fragrance chemicals out of your life (and away from your nervous system).
Processed sugar: Sugar greatly impacts the healthy functioning of the nervous system, and refined sugar is a lot like crack in the way it alters (and impairs) brain function. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Outlaw cancer-causing chemicals and fragrances in personal care products
Here's an obvious one: Let's make it illegal for personal care product manufacturers to poison their customers. This can be easily accomplished by outlawing the use of toxic liver-damaging or cancer-causing chemicals now used throughout the cosmetics and personal care industry.
Your average perfume product, for example, contains more than twenty cancer-causing chemicals, none of which are listed on the label. |
Marshall Editions
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 Triggers and irritants can include house dust; animal fur; pollen; synthetic fabrics such as elastic and latex; certain foods such as wheat, dairy, eggs, seafood, berries, and chocolate; chemicals in soap or fabric conditioners; nickel; fragrances and household cleaners; and emotional states such as upheaval, stress, and anxiety.
DANGER: Any escalating symptoms of an allergic skin reaction that are combined with any hint of swelling of the face, lips, or throat require immediate emergency treatment. |
| TIP: AVOID ATTRACTING BEES
Avoid using fragrances, including hair spray, scented soaps, lotions, and oils, and keep soft drinks and sweet foods covered. Do not wear brightly colored clothing, particularly floral patterns. If a bee does land on you, blow on it gently to encourage it to move on without startling it.
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HOMEOPATHY
Homeopathic intervention can be of great help in treating bee or wasp stings, if an underlying allergy does not exist. If an allergic reaction does occur, immediately seek emergency conventional treatment to prevent the situation from escalating. |
Bottom Line Health
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| Make sure it contains no fragrances or the potentially irritating ingredients alpha-hydroxy acid, retinol or salicylic acid.
Other potential triggers include spicy foods, stress, wind and humidity.
Rosacea is not a sign of heavy alcohol use. However, because consuming alcohol causes blood vessels to dilate, it may temporarily intensify existing symptoms.
Certain medications can also cause rosacea-like symptoms. Vasodilators and topical steroids have been known to cause rosacea outbreaks. |
Paula Begoun and Bryan Barron
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| Despite this labeling, many products use fragrant plant extracts that can cause skin irritation, allergic reactions, or a phototoxic response on skin (meaning they enhance the negative effects of the sun on your skin). fragrances, natural or otherwise, are not benign ingredients (Source: Acta Dermato-Venereology, July 2007, pages 312-316). |
David Steinman
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 Aveda uses uruku to produce unique lip, cheek, and eye color that is free of synthetic dyes, fragrances, and petrochemicals.55 The color is rich, resonant—and drawn from nature.
Today, Aveda partners with the Yawanawa tribe to grow the renewable resources organically—as a way to foster community, economic independence, and cultural survival.
All of the Aveda Uruku makeup products are packaged in clamshells made from 100 percent postconsumer recycled newsprint. |
Stacy Malkan
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| She notices some fragrances are far worse than others, but without knowing the ingredients it's not possible to identify problem brands. So she asks friends and family to avoid all fragrance-containing products, including laundry detergents, as well as pesticides and other common triggers. Though it has taken some time, they've been cooperative. "At first my son-in-law wouldn't give up the fertilizers," Carolyn said. "But he finally did give it up, and do you know when that happened — when he had kids." The family is now using all unscented products and has switched to organic food. |
Ron Garner
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 Harmful chemicals can be found in daily-use items such as packaged and processed food, household cleaners, cosmetics, and fragrances. Volumes could be written on this subject alone, but a few of the more widely-used chemicals and their common sources are covered here so that readers can take precautions to minimize exposure to them.
Chlorine
Chlorine is used as a bactericide in drinking water, and as a bleaching and cleaning agent. In small concentrations it is supposed to be non-toxic, or perhaps is apparently so. In strong solutions or as a pure gas, it is a deadly poison. |
Dr Ron Roberts
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 Although strong-smelling substances, fragrances and perfumes can actually provoke asthma attacks in some people, pure essential oils contain no irritating additives to aggravate. Nevertheless, someone with asthma who is unsure of possible adverse reactions should start by using essential oils sparingly.
EUCALYPTUS
A great deal of Australian history can be traced from the bushmen who first distilled eucalyptus from the leaves of the blue mallee gum tree, in the very early days of settlement in Australia. |
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