Question from Miemiemuis
I am looking for safe pest control and am considering a product from EcoSMART. Would you be so kind as to look at the MSDS and let me know what you think of the safety of the ingredients in this product:
Thank you!
Debra’s Answer
This product is made with rosemary essential oil as the active ingredient, plus mineral oil and something called “inert essential oils blend”. I’m not exactly sure what “inert essential oils blend” is and couldn’t find a definition anywhere (you should ask them what it is), but it looks like some blend of oils as a carrier oil for essential oils, not a blend of essential oils, because both mineral oil and inert essential oils blend say they compose 10-70 percent of the product. Now the rosemary oil is 10 percent. They don’t say what the other 10 percent is. So I’m missing data. You need to ask them these questions.
Concentrated essential oils, though natural, can have their own health effects. The MSDS says this product can cause skin irritation, eye/nasal irritation, dizziness, headache, or nausea.
This is not an entirely safe product, but it may be a less-toxic solution depending on what you are using it for.
