doTERRA and Young Living/ 20.03.24
The ‘Therapeutic Grade’ Essential Oils Disinformation Campaign
Adapted from Kirkham K. & Burfield T. (2006) “Naked aromatherapy – the truth laid bare” Aromatherapy Today 36, 28-33, as further updated in Cropwatch Newsletter August 2007. Copyright © Tony Burfield & Kendra Kirkham 2006-9. Pre-amble. Many professional aromatherapists have become unwitting victims of a marketing ploy by essential oil s...
doTERRA and Young Living/ 20.03.24
Wholefoodsmagazine.com Not wanting the truth about their articles
This health food trade journal has published a report about the death of the criminal Gary Young of Young Living. The article reads more like an ad for Young Living and is packed with hype and lies such as: “The undisputed leader of the global essential oil movement,” which is just not true. Also, no mention of the many prosecutions and fines impos...
doTERRA and Young Living/ 20.03.24
Exposed - the lies of Gary Young of Young Living
By Mynou De Mey With contributions from Martin Watt Introduction: Over the last few months there has been considerable debate on the Internet following the posting of a video on youtube by a Sultan Yusuf Ahmed Salah of Somalia. This video exposed the lies that Gary Young continues to spin. It is far from being the first time that his lies...
Safety, toxicity and related issues/ 20.03.24
Essential oil safety The known and the unknown.
By Martin Watt Updated 2010 with new information added in brown text. RISKS It is important for you to appreciate that most essential oils can be hazardous if they are not used correctly. Most essential oils are perfectly safe for the general public, but there are a few with well-documented dangers. Regretfully, many essential oils suppl...
Miscellaneous issues/ 20.03.24
THE EUROPEAN UNION AND HOW IT HAS AFFECTED ESSENTIAL OILS AND HERBS
Written and researched by Martin Watt. This article is mainly for British readers as have now voted to leave the European Union. I have been following how European regulations have affected the herbal and essential oils trade since the time we joined the EU. So for younger readers here are some facts. 1. The UK used to host large companie...
doTERRA and Young Living/ 20.03.24
Global warming & trees being felled for essential oils
This health food trade journal has published a report about the death of the criminal Gary Young of Young Living. The article reads more like an ad for Young Living and is packed with hype and lies such as: “The undisputed leader of the global essential oil movement,” which is just not true. Also, no mention of the many prosecutions and fines impos...
doTERRA and Young Living/ 19.03.24
A review of a web site selling Young Living oils for animal health
That disreputable organisation, via their distributors, target their sales at pet owners. UPDATE 2020-Most links below are now dead or significantly changed From the web pages of: http://www.thewholedog.org/EOCats.html Go there to see the original article summarised below. Proof that this site is a Young Living oils distributor was on: ht...
doTERRA and Young Living/ 19.03.24
Some warnings for my readers about the spread of the American based company doTerra to Europe
In 2014 the FDA in the USA took enforcement action against doTerra and its distributors over their long history of breaking the law on medicinal claims for essential oils. That stopped their distributors in the US from publishing dangerous, outrageous and illegal health claims. http://www.fda.gov/ICECI/EnforcementActions/WarningLetters/2014/ucm41...
doTERRA and Young Living/ 19.03.24
MORE LIES AND DANGEROUS INFORMATION FROM doTerra DISTRIBUTORS
Just another example of how the disreputable company doTerra spread their immoral business around the world. The below is from the Czech republic where European Union medicines laws do apply, but their Ministry of Health is doing nothing to protect their public from these highly dangerous and incorrect medicinal claims being made by doTerra distrib...
doTERRA and Young Living/ 19.03.24
Healthy doTERRA oil summit - online conference 2015
Note: since the time of writing some of the distributors may have ceased trading and making their illegal medicinal claims following the warnings from the FDA. KEY: Blue my comments Black or yellow outline their statements. The following reviews of the presentations at this conference are to illustrate how people promoted as experts...