'People think a natural thing can't harm you': Essential oil poisons rise
More people are reporting being poisoned by essential oils such as eucalyptus oil and tea tree oil, with pharmacists warning the products should not be ingested under any circumstances.on Monday, found calls to the NSW Poisons Information Centre about incidents involving essential oils increased by roughly 5 per cent each year between 2014 and 2018.
Dr Rose Cairns from the University of Sydney's School of Pharmacy, who led the analysis, said, although the oils are most commonly used in aromatherapy, there are concerns a small but growing number of people are ingesting the toxic oils, possibly following recipes posted by wellness bloggers online claiming the oils can be consumed when mixed with water.
Essential oils are liquids extracted from plant material through steam distillation. They have gained popularity in recent years in the wellness industry, promoted as being able to relieve stress, assist sleep and have an antibacterial effect when used in vaporisers or diluted and rubbed on the skin.
Although the Therapeutic Goods Administration regulates the packaging of essential oils, they are only required to be stored in a child-resistant bottle when the volume of the essential oil in the bottle exceeds 15 millilitres. However, as severe toxicity can be caused by a third of this volume, the authors of the new analysis said this is "inadequate".
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