Comments on: Tunnel vision

By: Erin

Erin — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 23:48:28 +0000

Thank you so much for your article! I just found it today- researching info for my article about HR 5786 The Safe Cosmetics Act 2010. What an incredible resource!!
I linked to you in mine-
Are you taking an active role in the current fight again this latest attack on our liberty and sensibilities? I sure hope so. We can use your wisdom and knowledge!
Erin
owner, The Natural Bar Soap Company
http://barsoapnatural.com/blog/

By: Ambrosia

Ambrosia — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 23:29:42 +0000

Strikes me that your article provides one of the main reasons to go back to useing natural ingredients in perfume: The concept that plants have combinations of ingredients in them that make them work beneficially together…whereas isolated chemicals on their own can be harmful!

Quite apart from them smelling so much better and being so much more delightfully complex of course…..

Ambrosia

By: Pepper Pascal

Pepper Pascal — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:53:58 +0000

Thank you. This makes a lot of sense.

By: Laraine Pounds

Laraine Pounds — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:26:16 +0000

I have been in e-mail contact with a representative of the CO legislature who sponsored the bill. It did not pass this initial vote and is being re-written and will be re-introduced later for another vote. They are firm in their resolve to pass some version of this bill.

By: Denise - MCS Patient

Denise - MCS Patient — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:47:03 +0000

With respect for Ms. Mitchell’s beliefs, there is no such thing as a harmless essential oil. I used to think oils provided a sensual respite from the harshness of daily life. That was until my husband and I were exposed to highly concentrated amounts of aromatherapy type oils including oil of oregano, clove oil, cinnamon oil, lemon oil, basil oil to name a few, when they and others were diffused in our home to kill mold. Each of the oils included in the product used in our home, was analyzed and documented in MSDS documents which are required by OSHA.

Per the related MSDS sheets, many of the oils posed extreme health hazards when applied in poorly ventilated areas. The oil product was applied anyway. My husband and I have become chemically sensitive as the result of the exposure. Our illness is called Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). To most people MCS means nothing. To the millions of us that know all too well what it is, know that life as one knows it ends once sensitivity occurs. Finding safe housing can be nearly impossible. Finding a car that is free of harmful chemicals (new car smell includes a large element of formaldehyde) is daunting. Forget about trying to find a safe rental car. Safety in each of these contexts means freedom from becoming violently ill in whatever environment it describes.

While Lucy Miller may not agree with my comments to this point, she is spot on in regard to the dangers posed by the sort of substances and chemicals one encounters in an operating room.

The Colorado Law does not go anyway near far enough. What about pesticides, herbicides and the fertilizers that we and our small children come in contact with everyday through our food and environment?

Promoting an environment which is safe from chemical threats is not to be left to dilatants seeking a cause through which to “feel good”. A safe environment is a must have, worthy of being fought for.

By: Cee Moorhead

Cee Moorhead — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:29:50 +0000

Coloradoan here! Unfortunately, we are not very well organized, but are feeling the pinch to do something about this. Due to the short notice of this pending legislation, I myself am just now getting up to speed. Hopefully, we will be better prepared if it has a second public hearing.

According to the local News last night, two states already have a similar bill in place, with nine more states soon to follow suit. My first thought this morning is that we need to start a writing campaign to get Ambassador Carol Moseley Brown on Oprah to discuss this issue. A ‘public forum’ of that magnitude may be just the thing to stop it dead in its tracks. Ambassador Braun is a speaker at the HCSG Conference in Denver this year. You can see from her bio here that she is very well qualified to address this issue:

http://www.soapguild.org/industry/conference2010-speakers.php

Cee aka Zany in CO

By: Laurie Brekke

Laurie Brekke — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:01:14 +0000

Hi Robert – you raise an excellent point! Since I know very little about the bill and don’t have any Senators or local Reps that I can call (as I don’t live in CO), I would encourage state residents & heavyweights in the industry (such as yourself, DoTerra or YL) to get involved. I don’t know if you are a “fan” of EWG on Facebook, but if so, just go to their wall and you’ll see my post and the response – you can post comments as well and perhaps they’ll respond more clearly

Again, thanks for what you’re doing. I’m going to take a strong look at the bill they’re proposing in NJ and contact folks there…

Laurie

By: robert

robert — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:19:52 +0000

I guess they needed a Colorado-based organization to take action in Colorado.

By: robert

robert — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:12:58 +0000

Laurie, if you go to http://coloradowomenslobby.org/news-and-resources-about-safe-cosmetics you will see that the Women’s Lobby of Colorado is actively supporting the bill. The WLC is an “endorsing organization” of the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, and the CFSC, Skin Deep and the EWG are all family. If you are familiar with EWG you will know that.

Are the EWG in favor of the bill, not in favor of the bill, or do they know nothing about it?

By: Laurie Brekke

Laurie Brekke — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:18:27 +0000

This is truly interesting and thank you for your post! I am a “fan” of EWG on Facebook so I see their posts. I was so upset that they would be part of such a terrible bill, so I went to their main page and put up a comment about this with a link to your blog and this was their response: “Laurie, We’re not working on any legislation in Colorado. It must be another group. Lisa”. I thought that was interesting…So maybe they dropped support of the bill? I know they are working to pass one in NJ….

Thanks for your work! Laurie