February 28, 2007 at 4:22 pm · Filed under Crafts, Mini Post

DIY ProjectMake your own light lavender antibacterial spray

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  1. kate said,

    March 1, 2007 at 4:05 am

    I’m not so sure about the sustainability of essential oils. They take huge amounts of land to produce a very intense product that is being used fairly indiscriminantly.

    Lavender essentail oil IS antibacterial, and it looks like it doesn’t cause bacteria to develop resistance, but we don’t know how safe it is for humans and the rest of the biosphere to have such relatively large quantities of substances (volatile oils) that occur in much smaller quantities in nature.

    Many people with multiple chemical sensitivities react to essential oils in similar ways as to solvents and petroleum products.

    And do we want to be killing off bacteria in such a general way anyway? Aren’t we also killing the good ones?

    Vinegar, or lavender infused vinegar, is an alternative for cleaning chopping boards (if soap and hot water aren’t enough ;-)

  2. Jasmin said,

    March 1, 2007 at 2:40 pm

    Reposted from e-mail:

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    Hi Kate,

    You make good points, but people are obsessed with getting rid of bacteria and this is better than the chemical crap, no?

    –Jasmin

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