Comments on: Nontoxic Vicks Replacement http://primitivemommy.com/nontoxic-vicks-replacement/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nontoxic-vicks-replacement Instinctual Eating, Parenting and Living Sat, 20 Oct 2012 05:17:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: sue pokorny http://primitivemommy.com/nontoxic-vicks-replacement/#comment-5655 sue pokorny Fri, 19 Oct 2012 19:22:43 +0000 http://primitivemommy.com/?p=1621#comment-5655 I'm so sorry you have experienced this, thanks for sharing these details. While many people are becoming more educated on the benefits of eating organic and natural living like using cloth diapers, so many are still misinformed of the dangers of chemicals in personal care products and over the counter drugs. Just like food, it's important to read labels of anything you use: bath and body products, cleaning products even clothing has chemicals on it (fire retardants, wrinkle and stain proofing are just a few). Essential oils are currently an unregulated industry, and companies don't need to disclose chemicals used to dilute or "water down" an oil, (a lavender oil could be 90% synthetic and 10% real lavender oil and still be labeled pure essential oil) so make sure when you switch from traditional personal care items like Vick's that you replace it with a high quality essential oil from a verified source. I like Young Living, they are the only company in the country that tests all their oils for purity, many are food grade so what you see is what you get. I’m so sorry you have experienced this, thanks for sharing these details. While many people are becoming more educated on the benefits of eating organic and natural living like using cloth diapers, so many are still misinformed of the dangers of chemicals in personal care products and over the counter drugs. Just like food, it’s important to read labels of anything you use: bath and body products, cleaning products even clothing has chemicals on it (fire retardants, wrinkle and stain proofing are just a few).

Essential oils are currently an unregulated industry, and companies don’t need to disclose chemicals used to dilute or “water down” an oil, (a lavender oil could be 90% synthetic and 10% real lavender oil and still be labeled pure essential oil) so make sure when you switch from traditional personal care items like Vick’s that you replace it with a high quality essential oil from a verified source. I like Young Living, they are the only company in the country that tests all their oils for purity, many are food grade so what you see is what you get.

]]> By: Amber http://primitivemommy.com/nontoxic-vicks-replacement/#comment-5527 Amber Mon, 15 Oct 2012 18:17:51 +0000 http://primitivemommy.com/?p=1621#comment-5527 I have a really old bottle of Vicks from 10? Years ago. It has formaldehyde as an ingredient. I know formaldehyde can cause eczema or at least irritation. I don't know if formaldehyde is still in the ingredient list, but it can be listed as other things, such as quaterniun-10. That might be something to look into. I have a really old bottle of Vicks from 10? Years ago. It has formaldehyde as an ingredient. I know formaldehyde can cause eczema or at least irritation. I don’t know if formaldehyde is still in the ingredient list, but it can be listed as other things, such as quaterniun-10. That might be something to look into.

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