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>To keep that fresh-off-the-line feeling, our bundles are packed with a sprig of organic lavender in a muslin pouch. Great care seems to be taken with the laun

• dgabriel 15y ago
  I won't argue that some people are allergic to lavender, but I would appreciate a citation on the other two pieces of information. I googled a bit and couldn't find anything about the hepotoxicity of the lavender flower. There was some info on lavender essential oils, both as poison and so-called estrogen mimic, but a vial of oil is obviously different than a sprig of a plant.
  • tylerritchie 15y ago
    The difference between a vial of oil and sprig of plant are, of course, one of concentration. Henley et al. (2007) [1] is the lavender, tea tree oil as an estrogen mimic study that everyone goes to, and there have a been a few papers in the interim but none with exactly the same focus. The hepatotoxicity of Lavender is usually associated with coumarin and is more hand waving than anything else. A vial of oil is obviously different than a sprig of plant. And a soap, or cream is obviously different than both a plant or vial of oil. But all of the above listed contain the suspect oils. It doesn't seem like a good idea to hotbox baby clothes with endocrine system disrupting allergens, even at low concentrations. [1] http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa064725 http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa064725