There is a warning label on my big bag of Organic Comfrey Leaf:Safety Guideline-For External Use Only. Why is everyone talking about making tea?
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According to my herbal medicine teacher Susun Weed, and many others, this comfrey is mislabeled, as is all that is sold in the United States. This is perfectly safe to consume internally. You can google 'comfrey leaf safe Susun weed ' to start. She addresses this to very question because naturally many people are confused by the mislabeling.
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I don't understand your questions about "harmful chemicals" nor the max "safe" temperature.I've used this item as stated before for hot tea and there was steam when I used boiling water and no steam when I used water at room temperature.
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Yes, the warning is on the tag. It says: "The product contains chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer and/or birth defects or other reproductive harm. Wash hands after handling." I guess I'll be returning mine...
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The package I received was from Global Moringa (Oct. '13), and it says it is Organic on the label, but there is no certification on either the label or their website. Since I am using these to grow new plants, not eat them, I am less concerned. My plants will be organic, regardless. I would be more careful about Moringa leaf powder or tea. The Amazon page no longer states that this is an organic product, so it probably isn't.
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This is a green tea that can be bought loose as I have with this particular package (or bag) and it also comes in teabags as Lipton and/or Louzianne. Smoke? you will get a terrible headache, have you tried smoking Lipton Tea?
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I just bought a golds gym trampoline from walmart and assembled it before reading the instructions and saw that scary warning label. I wish I had seen it before purchase. Why would they even use a cancer causing chemical. My kid say's it's probably only dangerous if you eat it, but what about asbestos? Ye
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That reply doesn't make sense at all! The warning has nothing to do with conforming to regulations -- it is about containing harmful chemicals....I'm guessing that rep has no clue what the prop 65 warning is.I submitted a question on their site too, so I will post again if I get a different response.Thanks for the reply!
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All nutritional supplements in California contain this warning due to Prop 65. I would not worry about it, because ALL supplements say this.
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I really think this is a typo... I looked it up, and found this: "WARNING: The power cord on this product contains lead, a chemical known to the State of California to cause [cancer, and] birth defects or other reproductive harm. Wash hands after handling." The above sentence comes from this website: http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/othercarcinogens/athome/cancer-warning-labels-based-on-californias-proposition-65 Given the similarity in the warnings, I think they meant to type "cord" instead of "code" which makes more sense. :) I had wondered about this myself. :)
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Fabulous... I just read up on the arsenic. So... All things in moderation and our kids could be ok with the lower consumption rate. But succors aren't ever really healthy anyway. Why does our FDA allow our kids to be poisoned without any warning labels?!?! Grrrr!!!!
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Water is a "chemical" technically but I guess you mean "harmful chemicals" and the listed ingredients read well enough (Phenoxyethanol is controversial but any product with water has to have a preservative) The bigger problem is this brand has other products that are obviously missing certain ingredients and only list good ones so I do not trust "Pure Body Naturals" to have honest ingredients lists.
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on label,"warning: this product contains chemical(s) known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defect or other reproductive harm", but I don't know if it's safe for the sofa!
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It's probably safe to eat small amounts, but tea trees tend to absorb fluoride, so excessive consumption is not smart. Hard to say exactly how much that is, but Google it; there's lots of info out there.
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I cannot find any tag/label which indicates that it contains cancer causing chemicals. That is not to say there aren't any proven cancer toxins since companies are not required to indicate that fact unless it is sold in California. Wish I could be of more help. I am concerned about toxicity in products too.
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This is the email I got from them about internally using their oils. "The internal use question is one we get quite often. Because many people use essential oils for self-medication and we are not licensed aromatherapists, we have to be very careful with the freedom given people in this respect. We do not know what medications, quantities and allergies people may have. We put "for external use" on our labeling for our own liability. This is very common practice in the US and many other companies that sell therapeutic grade oils, also put this on their labeling. Essential oils are highly concentrated and have the capacity to cause serious damage if used internally without the necessary expertise required in administering it. This is supported by the International Federation of Aromatherapists that does not recommend ingestion of essential oils unless under the supervision of a Medical Doctor who is also qualified in clinical aromatherapy. That being said, many of our loyal customers use our oils internally since they are the highest quality available, but we leave this up to the customer. "
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TEA is Triethanolamine and I've read it's sketchy... the FDA doesn't regulate cosmetic products so there are a ton of chemicals in body products that are not tested for safety. I will not use anything with TEA in it. "Natural" does not mean safe necessarily. Thank you for posting the ingredients list so I know to keep looking.
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Okay Karen! Here's what the label says: 24 ppm patented Silver Solution (de-ionized water and silver), TEA (wonder what that stands for?) and Carbomer. It doesn't really tell us MUCH, but it sounds to me like it's probably safe...it sure does work for me!!! :-) Have a good day, 'k? Sincerely, Glenice Loux