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Are essential oils safe to respire and around kids?


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Post On: 2010-09-02 10:53:23

 Are essential oils safe to respire and around kids?
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I'm trying to get rid of all our expose freshners and candles as I'm uncovering discover they are somewhat toxic to our health/lungs. So I'm looking into essential oils to add a scent to freshen a room and mayhap add to laundry. Are these innocuous to respire or smell for myself and especially my young children? Also, I've read you can dilute it with water and spray it as a room freshener--if it gets on the floor and I have a crawling baby, would it be dangerous for her? So potty about all of this! The main artefact I'm thinking of using them are effort an oil ring to place on top of a light bulb and adding a few drops to fragrance the room. Safe to inhale? (Children and myself)
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 Post On: 2010-09-02 10:55:24
User: negative
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oils are enthusiastic for smelling, artefact way artefact meliorate than fake expose fresheners.however, you dont want a baby to eat them.some are poisonous.like eucalyptus and such.be careful.as long as there out of reach should be ok.
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 Post On: 2010-09-02 10:59:53
User: John Whittington
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as long as they aren't allergic to flowers that the oils come from they should not bother anyone. if however they have allergies you might poverty to find out what they're allergic to before using them.
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 Post On: 2010-09-02 16:55:41
User: dave
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Good for you that you're getting rid of candles and expose fresheners, totally unnecessary stuff that adds to indoor expose pollution. As with some chemicals, meet try and ready their use to a minimum. The stronger, vaporific oils such as eucalyptus, wintergreen, tea tree etc hit a tendency to evaporate quicker; more lubricator in the expose can increase the risk of perverse effects, so inferior pungent oils haw be of benefit. Personally I'd forget the lubricator ring/light bulb idea, this meet increases the evaporation rate and so the concentration of the lubricator in the air. Well diluted lubricator should be of minimal risk to a child, meet ensure that some containers of neat lubricator are substantially discover of reach.
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 Post On: 2010-09-03 22:43:09
User: Emma
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Essential oils should be utilised with caution. Essential oils are some times more potent than dried herbs. Just same any medicine, primary oils crapper be harmful if they are not utilised carefully or properly. Wear suitable gloves and eye and grappling protection when working with primary oils. Prior to mixing oils, be trusty to read everything you crapper most the oils and their effects. The use or handling of primary oils should be avoided during the first trimester of pregnancy. In fact, all primary oils should be utilised with caution. Some basic procedures should therefore be observed in order to secure safety but also the quality of the oils in storage. Only small quantities of primary oil combinations should be made up at a time, as vegetable oils compounded with the essences, tend to alter and turn rancid. Once oils start to turn cloudy or odor malodourous they should be disposed of. Essential oils should be kept out of reach of children. It is also advisable to fit bottles that don't have a dripolator (orifice reducer) with a child proof cap for safety reasons. Essential Oil and Aromatherapy Safety - http://www.aromatherapy-blends.net/essential-oil-warnings.htm
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