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Walmart recalls aromatherapy spray linked to rare bacterial illness, 2 deaths
ABC ^ | 22 October 2021 | Haley Yamada

Posted on 10/22/2021 4:57:21 PM PDT by blueplum

Walmart has recalled an aromatherapy spray after it identified a bacteria in the product that has now been linked to four illnesses and two deaths...

...The spray, “Better Homes & Gardens Lavender & Chamomile Essential Oil Infused Aromatherapy Room Spray with Gemstones," was found Oct. 6 in the home of a Georgia resident who became ill with melioidosis in late July, according to the CDC..

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: 202107; aromatherapy; bacteria; bouhrama; chamomile; essentialoils; gardenersdisease; infectiousdisease; isolatedincidents; lavender; melioidosis; ngd; nightcliffe; oils; perfume; perfumeplots; productrecalls; whitmoredisease; whitmoresdisease
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according to Forbes, treatment for melioidosis is 8 wks of IVs and months of antibiotics
1 posted on 10/22/2021 4:57:21 PM PDT by blueplum
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To: blueplum

2 deaths and it’s pulled.

Yet if they were mandating this therapy...


2 posted on 10/22/2021 5:00:34 PM PDT by Ezekiel ("Come fly with US". Ingenuity-- because the Son of David begins with Mars.)
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To: blueplum

So they take a bottle; fill it with city water, sprinkle some essential oils, add fragrance, throw a rock in the bottle - and forget to add anti-bacterial preservatives?

I wonder if this was made in China, or Mexico. Of all the above ingredients the preservative is the most expensive.


3 posted on 10/22/2021 5:01:08 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: blueplum

They should have called it “Bacterial Infection Homes & Gardens Lavender & Chamomile Essential Oil Infused Aromatherapy Room Spray with Gemstones.” Then only half would have gotten it.


4 posted on 10/22/2021 5:02:17 PM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
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To: Ezekiel

There were cases of this disease popping up in August,too.


5 posted on 10/22/2021 5:04:26 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: blueplum

Gemstones?


6 posted on 10/22/2021 5:06:00 PM PDT by Bloodandgravy (Defund politicians)
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To: Ezekiel

And how many deaths and none of those COVID vaxxes are pulled?


7 posted on 10/22/2021 5:07:49 PM PDT by SkyDancer (If at first you don't succeed, so much for skydiving)
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To: blueplum

My extremely nasty Dem neighbor uses essential oils to do many things, some of the very good. Sprays them on her plants, that are gorgeous long into the fall.

Says I should get some for my cat so kitty won’t need rabies shots. I HATE rabies shots, because they always make Daisy very sick. But not going to use untested oils on my precious girl.

As in NEVER


8 posted on 10/22/2021 5:08:14 PM PDT by Veto! (Political Correctness Offends Me)
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To: blueplum

My aromatherapy is Hoppes #9.


9 posted on 10/22/2021 5:08:21 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack
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To: Bloodandgravy

“Yami-Yami” BS. Probably trying to appeal to rubes doing “gemstone therapy” and the like.


10 posted on 10/22/2021 5:11:19 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (RIP my "teddy bear". )
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To: Joe 6-pack

Haha I like the smell of that one too.


11 posted on 10/22/2021 5:13:59 PM PDT by dinodino ( )
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To: blueplum

Who knew the Covid vaccines could do double duty as aromatherapy mists?


12 posted on 10/22/2021 5:14:29 PM PDT by tflabo (Truth or tyranny )
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To: SkyDancer

It’s exempt from the usual hyper-scrutiny, or any scrutiny at all.

Just shuddup and line up because conformity is king.


13 posted on 10/22/2021 5:14:47 PM PDT by Ezekiel ("Come fly with US". Ingenuity-- because the Son of David begins with Mars.)
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To: monkeyshine

AP says the spray was mfg in India


14 posted on 10/22/2021 5:19:00 PM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
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To: blueplum

Covid vaccine is ok though.

Good to see the overseers are watching out for the serfs.


15 posted on 10/22/2021 5:19:01 PM PDT by zek157
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To: Veto!

Rabies shots are essential for your animal and proven. Just saying.


16 posted on 10/22/2021 5:21:26 PM PDT by CJ Wolf ( what is scarier than offensive words? Not being able to say them...God wins. Trump always wins. . )
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To: blueplum

What kind of IDIOTs would buy a spray called: “Lavender & Chamomile Essential Oil Infused Aromatherapy Room Spray with Gemstones”?

They deserve what they got.


17 posted on 10/22/2021 5:28:19 PM PDT by BobL (I shop at Walmart and eat at McDonald's, I just don't tell anyone, like most here.)
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To: blueplum

Walmart aromatherapy

Gas station sushi


18 posted on 10/22/2021 5:30:12 PM PDT by Yardstick
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To: blueplum

There’s an aromatherapy scene in Blazing Saddles.


19 posted on 10/22/2021 5:31:11 PM PDT by Veggie Todd (Proudly posting comments without reading the articles since 2002.)
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To: Bloodandgravy

Entire books about gemstone therapy, most popular is Love Is In the Earth. Another, written by George Frederck Kunz, head gemologist for Tiffany, who discovered a new gem, Kunzite. Gorgeous pink stone.

We have an interesting store in our city that sells gemstones and tells you how to use them for this and that effect. Really pretty stones. I go there occasionally to buy beads with magnets the actually do keep arthritis in wrist under control.

Old friend of mine, a psychologist in Oklahoma, was a rock collector. Bought a selenite crystal from a rock shop. Selenite allegedly carries messages. After buying stone, he dreamed three nights of a highly afflicted little girl who needed him. Three days later, an abused and neglected 8-year old arrived in his office. She said “I dreamed of you for three nights and I know you can help me.:

He did.

Go figure.,


20 posted on 10/22/2021 5:33:26 PM PDT by Veto! (Political Correctness Offends Me)
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