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From:  "jjh" <jjh@n...>
Date:  Tue Apr 4, 2000  5:21 pm
Subject:  Re: cleaning products


On Mon, 03 Apr 2000 , Dr Colin D Reed wrote:

> Natural products are difficult to purify exactly, and can contain
> numerous allergy triggers. d-limonene (orange oil, used in this
> product) is very concentrated. If you suffer any mild hayfever symptoms
> from orange blossom, then it is possible that you will suffer much
> worse from limonene. It is becoming more common as a cleaning
> product. It is used industrially as a degreasing solvent as a
> replacement for Genklene (1,1,1-trichloroethane) which was banned under
> the Montreal Protocol. We use this in our laboratory for cleaning
> polymers off test equipment.

Dear Colin and List:

I am so glad I saved my original post, and thought to re-post it. I'm still
not sure why it was censored in the first place (can you tell I'm still a
little miffed?). This subject was really important to me and I'm glad to be
getting some good information about it. Thank you, Colin, and everybody
else who wrote in!

I have been seeing orange cleaning products advertised for years; supposedly
they're more environmentally friendly. Well, now I know why I got the
asthmatic reaction I did. I have not been tested specifically for an
allergy to orange blossom, but I suspect that if I were to be
scratch-tested, I'd show a reaction to it.

In the future, I will not use this product in its undiluted form, or if I do
use it, I will be sure to wear a mask. It works great as a cleaning
product, but I don't think I can risk a trip to the emergency room by using
it! I also intend to let my allergist know about this, when my next
check-up comes around.

Thank you all for responding to this!

Jana
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Dept. of Music
Nebraska Wesleyan University
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