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Endnotes 1. Black's Law Dictionary, West Publishing Co., St Paul, Minnesota, 1979, 5th edition, p. 1041. 2. Griffiths, Joel and Chris Bryson, "Toxic Secrets: Fluoride and the A-Bomb Program", NEXUS, vol. 5, no. 3, April-May 1998, p. 11. 3. Yiamouyianis, John A., Fluoride: The Aging Factor, Health Action, Delaware, 1986, 2nd ed. 4. Oldenburg, Don, "How Safe Is Your Toothpaste?", Union-News (reprinted from the Washington Post), Friday, July 25, 1997, p. C2 5. Zamm, Alfred & Robert Gannon, Why Your House May Endanger Your Health, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1980, p. 14 (out of print). 6. ibid., p. 118. 7. Steinman, David & Samuel S. Epstein, The Safe Shopper's Bible, Macmillan, 1995, p. 5. 8. Winter, Ruth, A Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives, Three Rivers Press, New York, 1994, 4th ed., p. 3. 9. Steinman & Epstein, ibid., p. 20. 10. ibid., p. 183. 11. "Monsanto March on Washington: FDA Plays It Again", Health Freedom News, July/August 1997. Mission Possible was created by Betty Martini to monitor the Monsanto cor- poration. Its website address is www.dorway.com. (not aluminium) distillers of his own design. Although this elaborate extraction process because they believe that the harm- process substantially raises the price of his ful chemicals can be thoroughly removed _ essential oils, Young declares that it also before the product is packaged. One exam- maintains the integrity of the oils’ molecu- ple is grain alcohol (which is natural, but lar structure and thus their bioelectrical drying to the skin), employed ina "cold field (and their ability to truly heal). extraction” process to distill the essential | Young also claims that because his oils are oils from herbs. The companies later elim- among the purest in the world, people with inate the alcohol from the mixture by gen- MCS can tolerate them because there are tly warming the oil or lotion before the no chemicals to cause harsh reactions, and product is bottled, and the resulting com- the high frequencies of the oils raise the pound is referred to as "natural". vibration of the tissues and thus allow the Nevertheless, chemicals can remain in the _ body to correct its imbalances. steam used to extract the oils and be impos- 22. The labelling laws for harsh deter- sible to remove later. The "cold extraction" gents produced by a national corporation process utilising grain alcohol may be the apply equally to a country woman who least destructive of all commercial chemi- _ sells simple handmade soap made from the cal extraction processes. However, any milk of her goats and some home-grown essential oil that is adulterated by chemi- organic herbs. Although there is a huge cals (and simultaneously extracted too difference between a caustic bathroom quickly from the plant) is rendered less cleaner and her product (it is highly effective to useless for genuine aromathera- improbable that she would add pesticides py and serious healing. to her soap), her soap is legally considered Naturopath Gary Young, founder of comparable to a dangerous commercial Young Living Essential Oils, refu ven detergent. process because they believe that the harm- ful chemicals can be thoroughly removed before the product is packaged. One exam- ple is grain alcohol (which is natural, but drying to the skin), employed in a "cold extraction” process to distill the essential oils from herbs. The companies later elim- inate the alcohol from the mixture by gen- tly warming the oil or lotion before the product is bottled, and the resulting com- pound is referred to as "natural". Nevertheless, chemicals can remain in the steam used to extract the oils and be impos- sible to remove later. The "cold extraction" process utilising grain alcohol may be the least destructive of all commercial chemi- cal extraction processes. However, any essential oil that is adulterated by chemi- cals (and simultaneously extracted too quickly from the plant) is rendered less effective to useless for genuine aromathera- py and serious healing. Naturopath Gary Young, founder of Young Living Essential Oils, refuses even to use alcohol. He prefers a tediously slow, virtually no-pressure steam extraction process using complicated stainless steel About the Author: Nina Silver, PhD, is an holistic health educa- tor, Reichian psychotherapist and social- change agent. Her non-fiction, fiction and poetry in the fields of psychology, health, fem- inism, natural science and metaphysics have been internationally published. Continued in the next issue of NEXUS... 82 - NEXUS Poisonous Products, Deceptive Labels FEBRUARY — MARCH 2000