Auscan Melaleuca Ltd.

NEWSLETTER #9
JANUARY 2008

TEA TREE OIL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

The Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC) of the Australian Government has been working closely with the Australian tea tree oil industry (ATTIA) for more than a decade on the efficacy, safety and production of tea tree oil. Many research reports have now demonstrated tea tree oil’s effectiveness as an antibacterial, antiviral and anti-inflammatory agent.

The results of RIRDC and the related research have been summarized in a recently published report. The contents of this report are as follows:

Executive summary
About tea tree oil
Regulating tea tree oil
Effectiveness
Skin irritation
Skin sensitization
Skin penetration
Toxicity
Health effects
Can bacteria resist tea tree oil?
Tea tree oil stability
Code of Practice and Standards

AUSCAN has copies of this report and would be pleased to share with you, some, or all, of the information reported.

Please contact us anytime at the email, postal address or telephone number below if you have an interest in this publication. .

AUSCAN MELALEUCA LTD.
P.O. Box 874 – 151B Trillium Drive
Kitchener, ON N2G 4C5
Phone: 519-893-0969
Fax: 519-893-4384
info.auscan.net