Re: Shea butter & latex revisited

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On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 14:14:02 -0700, Margaret Helm-Duell wrote:

>The Shea tree/Karite tree does indeed secrete a milky

>sap that is used to produce rubber. It is not as much as the rubber tree.

>There are proteins associated with the latex that cause people to have an

>allergic reaction. There has been one reported case of an allergic reaction

>to shea butter and it was in Europe due to the latex protein.

GREAT INFO!! Any literature citations?

Maurice

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Maurice O. Hevey

Convergent Cosmetics, Inc.

http://www.ConvergentCosmetics.com

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The information was given by Dr. Sam Hunter of the Institute in an

informal dicussion regarding latex in shea. He did not give any

citations. I can email him and ask if he can send something

regarding the one reported case. Is that what you are looking for?

Margaret

> GREAT INFO!! Any literature citations?

>

> Maurice

>

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> Maurice O. Hevey

> Convergent Cosmetics, Inc.

> http://www.ConvergentCosmetics.com

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Hello all,

The entire latex/shea link is very interesting and a good thing to know.

However, is it realistic to put a warning on our labels? I’m pretty

sure there will always be some one, somewhere that will be allergic to

something and/or component in our soap. If we start labeling for latex,

how many other warnings would we need to add to be sure we’re covered?

Or would you all suggest dropping Shea Butter ( I use about 5 ½ oz. in

a five lb batch of soap and small amounts in other cosmetic formulas)

and using a different butter?

Cyndi

Bamboo Falls Body Co.

The Shea tree/Karite tree does indeed secrete a milky

sap that is used to produce rubber.

There are proteins associated with the latex that cause people to have

an

allergic reaction.

since the possibility is there, however tiny it

is, we might consider putting a latex allergy warning on our labels.

Margaret

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> The entire latex/shea link is very interesting and a good thing to know.

> However, is it realistic to put a warning on our labels?

From what was posted earlier there is 1 (one) known case of someone being

allergic to latex from Shea Butter. If you looked hard enough you could

probably find someone allergic to water:-) I don't think that would warrant

a mention on a label.

Pat.

Peace, Joy, Serenity

House of Scents tm. Body Oils, Fragrance Oils, Incense, Candles, Soap, Etc.

pat@...

http://www.houseofscents.com/

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