inhalation of essential oils & cats

[Guest guest]

A friend owns a charming gift shop in San Francisco. She keeps a couple " shop

cats " at any time. These are rescue cats that she fosters and puts up for

adoption. Recently a pair of her foster cats found permanent homes with

customers who fell in love with them.

My friend would like to scent her shop with essential oils through a diffuser.

However, someone showed her this website, and she's afraid of harming her cats.

The website: http://www.thelavendercat.com/3201/index.html

The article says, among other things: " ... inhalation of essential oils can also

be unsafe for your cat. Oils can affect a cat by absorption and inhalation just

like for humans, and precautions should be used when repeatedly diffusing

essential oils... " (Quote from paragraph 5 in the article.)

Do you agree with the science of this article? And, if so, what safe methods

exist for adding fragrance to a room with cats?

tia,

Donna