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Sustainable Essential Oils & The Risks of Adulterated Essential Oils

Please read the following post for important information on how I’ve chosen my recommendations:

TLDR: A lot of essential oils are adulterated because stores can’t test every batch. This means that if you’re buying essential oils at big box stores, you’re probably putting unidentified stuff on your body. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-16546-8_9 

Why you should care: It’s kinda scary to let stuff soak into your body and you don’t know what’s in it.

What you should buy: https://www.aromatics.com/ 

I liked Aromatics International for the rigorous testing process and their sustainability. Because a lot of this stuff isn’t sustainable: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/10/09/how-essential-oils-became-the-cure-for-our-age-of-anxiety and https://sustainabilitynook.com/are-essential-oils-ruining-environment/ 

NOTE: Make sure you read up on how to properly use essential oils. Because they’re so concentrated, you generally shouldn’t put them directly on your skin without diluting them first. And because they don’t have preservatives, they often need to be stored in the fridge.

I don’t use essential oils to treat any health conditions. You should definitely read up on the science before choosing to do so. https://www.discovermagazine.com/health/what-science-says-about-the-healing-potential-of-essential-oils and https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7309671/ 
Additional Reading: https://www.consumersadvocate.org/essential-oils

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