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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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To: CJ Wolf

Gotcha. We DO get them, though we both hate them. Plus, Daisy does not roam around. We have a small yard in our apartment complex, and I go out with her every day, morning and evening. She can roam around in a limited way with me watching her. All cats in our hood have rabies bleeping shots, a requirement here.


21 posted on 10/22/2021 5:40:25 PM PDT by Veto! (Political Correctness Offends Me)
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To: blueplum

Figures. There is really zero reason a product like that cannot be made in the USA. It is almost literally made of the ingredients I described. OK maybe a wee bit more complicated such as some emulsifier to blend water with oil but in practical terms they’d just use fragrance for the scent and a tiny drop of “oil extract” to make the label claims.

The bottle and label can be made in the USA. The ingredients are common and available from 100 different suppliers. Maybe the spray nozzle has to be imported but it’s cheaper to import spray nozzles than entire filled bottles - you’re just shipping bottles of 97% water. Makes no sense at all.


22 posted on 10/22/2021 5:41:56 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: Veto!

I love Kunzite.


23 posted on 10/22/2021 5:44:43 PM PDT by Irenic ( )
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To: BobL

These idiots.

https://youtu.be/Fl8BsUZPu7A


24 posted on 10/22/2021 5:47:11 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (RIP my "teddy bear". )
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To: monkeyshine

Back around 9/11 al Qaeda terrorist cells were found to have discussed in their communications the use of bottles of perfume as a means of delivering bioweapons. If disruption and terrorism are your real goals, then making a profit is not an objective in delivering the product, it would be acceptable to lose money on shipping and on the product to insure success.


25 posted on 10/22/2021 5:53:41 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: blueplum

The bacteria comes from contaminated water. The spray was made in India.

Do the math.


26 posted on 10/22/2021 6:01:26 PM PDT by CaptainK ("If life's really hard, at least its short")
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To: CaptainK

I can almost smell the Ganges....


27 posted on 10/22/2021 6:07:25 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: Joe 6-pack
My aromatherapy is Hoppes #9.

My Kinda Man! :-)
28 posted on 10/22/2021 6:18:51 PM PDT by left that other site (A Man Without Self-Control is like a City Broken Into and Left Without Walls (Proverbs 25:28))
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

Even WORSE than I thought.


29 posted on 10/22/2021 6:27:02 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: BobL

I just buy those little square fragrance candle squares you melt over a lamp enclosure. Works well for Holiday fragrance. Enough for me. Room sprays...never!


30 posted on 10/22/2021 6:30:12 PM PDT by caww ( )
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To: Joe 6-pack

Very distinctive smell. Good stuff for cleaning rifle barrels. Very old school.


31 posted on 10/22/2021 6:36:26 PM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: Ezekiel

You win post of the day. Well said!


32 posted on 10/22/2021 6:38:00 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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To: Joe 6-pack

“My aromatherapy is Hoppes #9.”

+1


33 posted on 10/22/2021 7:57:09 PM PDT by dynachrome ("I will not be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
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To: blueplum

Look, as long as the deaths are rare it’s cool.


34 posted on 10/22/2021 8:43:06 PM PDT by TalBlack (We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
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To: blueplum

So,river water.🤔


35 posted on 10/22/2021 10:22:55 PM PDT by BiteYourSelf ( Earth first we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
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To: Veggie Todd

More beans mister Tagert.😁


36 posted on 10/22/2021 10:24:03 PM PDT by BiteYourSelf ( Earth first we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
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To: Ezekiel

Sickening, isn’t it?


37 posted on 10/22/2021 10:28:01 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: blueplum

Just walking into Walmart is aroma therapy.


38 posted on 10/23/2021 4:05:22 AM PDT by Babba Gi
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