60 million consumers warn against deodorants and diffusers based on essential oils, responsible for allergies and irritation.
On labels, “natural products” can also rhyme with “potential risks”. This is the lesson learned by 60 million consumers, which has just shown that deodorants with essential oils are not without danger.
Sanitizers? Purifiers? In reality, the # deodorants essential oils are often very polluting and allergenic, according to the results of tests @ 60million. #essential oils #pollution # interior air https://t.co/d1mB0vJqN3
– 60million (@ 60million) May 24, 2018
Allergenic perfume substances
17 products (12 sprays and aerosols and 5 passive diffusers) were analyzed. Result: allergenic fragrance substances – limonene, geraniol or linalool – were found almost everywhere. The tests even made it possible to count up to 23 undesirable ingredients in the deodorants “Puressentiel” (air spray, 41 essential oils) and “Baccide” (sanitizing spray with essential oils).
In addition, some of these products, which can be sprayed or installed, sometimes emit volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in very high quantities. This can irritate the respiratory tract, as well as the skin. “Exposure also occurs at the cutaneous level, to a lesser extent, because the non-volatilized droplets are liable to fall on the skin”, explains 60 million consumers.
No label information
“Puressentiel”, the second most expensive deodorant on the panel, thus received the worst score. It fishes to the extent of toxicity, inhalation risks and risks in contact with the skin. “Bouquet scented with organic essential oils” from the Florame brand, however Ecocert labeled, is also doing poorly, far behind its competitors Air Wick and Ira.
“In stores, no information on the labels makes it possible to distinguish the most virtuous products. On the contrary, the terms used convey an image of naturalness, which can be perceived by the general public as a guarantee of harmlessness”, deplores 60 million consumers.
Unexpected side effects
Remember that if eight million bottles of essential oil are sold each year in France, some may have unexpected side effects. This is the case with lavender and tea tree essential oil which, used frequently, can cause hormonal imbalances in men by developing breast growth.
60 million consumers already noted last year that 2435 reports involving an essential oil were made on all nine poison control and toxicovigilance centers in 2014. These were most often children with pain in the body. mouth and pharynx, vomiting and coughing, after accidental ingestion of these very (too?) trendy products.
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