Atlantic Institute of Aromatherapy


Essential Safety By Tony Burfield & Sylla Sheppard Hanger A quarterly column dealing with the issues of safety in aromatherapy
	Winter 1999 - Sensitivity Revisited (or where is Paracelsus when we need him?) Premier article dealing with the need for standards in and attention to safety issues in the discipline of aromatherapy. Also discussed are the potential ramifications (legal, regulatory and legitimization) caused by a failure to take these issues into consideration.
	Spring 2000 - Sensitization Revisited Again This issue deals the phenomenon of sensitization and the problems that can occur when using certain essential oils with known sensitising potential.
	Fragrance Ingredients as Allergens: Update & Recap Legislative update of the EU developments with respect to cosmetics and perfumes.


NAHA Safety Committee Issues
	NAHA Safety Committee Mission Statement - September 2000 The NAHA Safety Committee (1998 to present...) under the chair of Sylla Sheppard Hanger and Tony Burfield will endeavor to promote and educate to NAHA members, the safe use of pure essential oils, hydrolats, absolutes, and other natural materials known in the art.
	Safety Committee NAHA Report AGM - September 2000 Safety Committee Chair, Tony Burfield Advisor: Sylla Sheppard Hanger Members: Susan Renkle, Janell King-Squires, Marge Clark We are recommending to Conference 2000 that NAHA adopts the IFRA Voluntary Code of Practice with respect to the use of natural fragrance ingredients i.e. as it apples to the following essential oils, absolutes, resinoids and gums etc., where these items are used in massage oils.