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Eczema Petroleum Jelly
My baby has eczema. What is a pure, safe product to treat him.?
I know petroleum jellies and minerial oils are more harmful than good. Any suggestions?
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White USP Petroleum Jelly Not Banned In EU
Much discrepancy surrounds the EP directives concerning petroleum jelly (PJ) and mineral oil. Both substances have long been used in the cosmetic industry for years and with no serious medicinal concerns being raised. Even today after numerous test evaluations with mineral oil to determine possible cancer effects only one strain of mice (wistar mice) have ever developed tumors in studies after being fed mineral oil and these mice were given exaggerated levels of contaminated hydrocarbon indeed!
The problem concerning PJ came about when the former eastern block countries became commercially competitive in western capitalism and trade. These countries begin to sell large amounts of cheap PJ and mineral oil on the markets in Europe. Rather quickly, these new PJ sources flooded the European market and quality control analysis begin to show that these PJ products contained significant levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH’s) that have been identified as possible carcinogens in humans. Many of these oils and PJ’s were brown and yellow indicating they had not been refined extensively. Thus, the EU, and even the FDA developed revised standards to prevent their further introduction into the consumer market. Consequently, the banned that most people are confused on is not so much as PJ but unrefined PJ. Unscheduled visits by EP and FDA officials on production site, random record examinations, and independent QC checks subject any manufacturer that refines PJ to much scrutiny. In truth, established PJ manufactures have been making PJ and mineral oil products that either meet or surpass FDA or EU cosmetics and food-grade standards long before the 2004 initiative. In any event, the banned only is directed to PJ’s and oils that cannot meet the rigid cosmetic and food-grade standards. For record the 2004 ban on petroleum oils reads as follows:
In the European Union’s Dangerous Substances Directive (UNECE 2004), in September 2004 banned all petroleum oils with the following caveat: “The classification as a carcinogen need not apply if the full refining history is known and it can be shown that the substance from which it is produced is not a carcinogen.”
Chemical industry sources have interpreted this clause to mean that PJ will continue to be allowed in cosmetics in the EU if it is refined and meets PAH purity standards for food set by FDA (Faust and Casserly 2003). Even this purity standard does not set direct limits on PAH content, but instead relies on a light absorption test as an indirect indicator of contamination. This means any PJ that have a certified history of traceable refinement and meets and passes all PAH standards established by the EP, FDA, JP governments could still be used in cosmetics and in fact are used today.
About the Author
MD Shahid is a senior research scientist with a MS in Physical Inorganic Chemistry. Mr. Shahid has almost 30 years of career experience in oxygen-free radical reactions and antioxidant development. Mr. Shahid is a recipient of the NTAA “Scientist of the Year “ award, has authored or co-authored almost 50 U.S. patents, his work has been cited by Chemical Abstract, the worlds largest and most referenced chemical index provider on numerous occasions, and in the middle 90's by personal invitation was ask to review scientific reliability of earlier HIV/AIDS hypothesis by a distinguished panel of cancer and virologist scientist. In the late 1990's MD Shahid begin research in the area of the use of natural non-toxic substance for the prevent of hair loss and hair re-growth. It was during this research that MD Shahid discovered that certain plant, flower, and fruit extracts when combined with selected organic oils and amino acids was a effective combination that could be used to help control and manage eczema and psoriasis skin disorders. In 2004 MD Shahid founded the company Xcel Nutraceuticals that produces and manufactures all natural based and organic products for the control of eczema, psoriasis, and hair loss. For more information visit http://www.xcel-n.com
