- Citronella essence was approved as an active secure insect
repellent in Canada and the United States in the 40s.
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- - In 1997, the EPA authorized free sale of insect repellent
citronella following several detailed studies and professional toxicology
reports.
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- - In 2002, the INSPQ [Institut National de Sante Publique
Quebec] ratified and confirmed the absolute security of Citronella oil.
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- - In 2004, the PMRA [Pest Management Regulatory Agency]
performed identical studies and concluded that the insect repellent labeling
must be banned because citronella had not benefited from the same studies
as with the synthetic molecules generally produced by the pharmaceutical
monopolies.
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- After twelve years of marketing milk and lotion citronella,
Laboratoires DRUIDE obtained Health-Canada's approval in 1995, based on
the studies of two Canadian universities, with volunteers, establishing
the efficiency of those preparations.
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- On September 17, 2004, the PMRA asked for studies on
reproduction, use on humans and other very detailed and costly studies.
The motives for this request had nothing to do with any specific problem
but mentioned that the existing data on the security of this plant seemed
insufficient. The PMRA will revoke approval of products with citronella
for all producers if these studies are not produced by November 16. The
costs for these researches could reach several million dollars.
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- DRUIDE's citronella contains no methyleugenol, but the
PMRA continues to pretend that this molecule is a major element in their
decision to prohibit its marketing as a personal insect repellent without
distinction of origins or labels.
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- Once the regulation is applied, consumers will only be
able to use one insect repellent, DEET, as of November 17, as well as another
molecule also fabricated and controlled by the same company which markets
the large majority of DEET sold in Canada.
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- http://www.citronella.org/
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