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Date: | Mon, 9 May 1994 10:15:20 -0400 |
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To Elizabeth Watt -
Elizabeth, most of the compounds that you named I am not familiar with.
Sodium laurel sulfate is a common ingredient in many shampoos, so I think that
this one is okay.
Two compounds in your original list I am familiar with, however, and you
rightly have marked them as toxic. Pennyroyal oil has been known to cause
massive toxicosis in animals that have been bathed in it. It's not a pleasant
picture, with massive hemorrhage in the lungs and outward through the nose and
mouth.
Tansy, or tansy ragwort, is a liver toxin which is well documented in
cattle and horses, which eat the plant.
My caution to everyone would be - just because it's natural, doesn't
mean it's not poisonous. Remember, as I said a few days ago, pyrethrins are
natural (come from chrysanthemums), and very safe. It's what I use at home.
Bruce Williams, DVM Department of Veterinary Pathology
[log in to unmask] Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
(202) 576-2453/2454 Washington, D.C. 20306-6000
[Posted in FML issue 0822]
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