Readings:

Essential Oils – Let’s get started!

Essential Oils 101: Finding the Right One For You–NEW
The History of the Issues of Using Essential Oils 
Sensitization-What is it and how to reduce the risk
Problems with using essential oils like drugs
Problems with selling essential oils like drugs
10 Epic Essential Oil Myths and Dangerous Uses of 2014
Essential Oil Supplier Ratings
Essential Oil Myths
How to Tell if an Essential Oil Company is Worth Purchasing From – just by checking out their  website
Great Essential Oils Showdown – Which Essential Oils Company is the best?

Essential Oil Safety

Are Essential Oils Safe?
Is it Safe to Ingest Essential Oils? What the Sales Reps Aren’t Telling You!
Essential Oil Ingestion: Documented Side Effects, Injuries, and Deaths
To Ingest of Not to Ingest?
Why a Drop of Lemon Oil in Your Water Isn’t Such a Good Idea
Safety Precautions and Warnings for Ingesting Lemon Essential Oil
Why essential oils are not water flavoring agents
Toxicity Myths – the Actual Risks of Essential Oil Use
Guide to Diluting Essential Oils
Report on Essential Oil Injuries and Adverse Effects
If You Don’t Have Good Info On Internal Use, You Will Hate Yourself Later
3 Reasons to Avoid Ingesting Essential Oils
10 Things That Have Gone Wrong in the Aromatherapy Industry
News Story: Children in Daycare Exposed to Essential Oils!
When Not to Use Essential Oils 
Exploring Aromatherapy – Safety Information 
Safe Essential Oils for Babies and Children – Heather Dessinger

Essential Oil Quality (Therapeutic Grade) – Trying to understand the misinformation!

The Quality of Essential Oils
The ‘Therapeutic Grade’ Essential Oils Disinformation Campaign
How to Determine the Quality of Essential Oils, Part 1
Part 2 – What Do the Certifications Mean?
Part 3 – Honing Your Senses
How to Choose High Quality Essential Oils
Therapeutic Grade Essential Oils is a Potentially Misleading Claim

Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) Company Articles

Total Wacko at Total Health Expo in Toronto – Canadian Quackery Watch
The REAL Story of Gary Young and Young Living Essential Oils
Sultan Yusuf Ahmed Salah Writes a Letter to D. Gary Young & Young Living Essential Oils
Warnings dōTERRA & Young Living Won’t Tell You
MLM Watch
doTerra Oils: A Great Multi Level Marketing Scam
Essential Oils Scam:  Not a Medical Treatment
The Real Story on Young Living and Gary Young
Young Living Essential Oils: Answering The Questions
The Day Young Living Broke My Heart
What Is Doterra Essential Oils & Does Doterra Oils Scam People With Synthetic Essential Oils?
…Consider the Source!
Brand New Essential Oils Company taking the Marketplace by Storm
Approved doTerra Company Claims
Are Doterra Oils a Scam?
Why I don’t use doTerra, Young Living or other Multi-Marketing Brands of Essential Oils
The Oil Rush: How Health Canada has Failed to Regulate Deceptive Health Products**New
Counting Sheep and Smelling Your Way to Sleep

Looking for More EO Resources?

• Aromatherapy Global Online Research Archives (AGORA)
• Essential Oil Consumer Safety Advocates
• National Association for Holistic Aromatherapy ( NAHA)
• The Aromaconnection Blog
• Robert Tisserand/Institute
• Essential Safety Board (Canada)
• Health Canada
• Canadian Federation of Aromatherapists
• PubMed Central
• Botanical Dermatology Database (BoDD)
• EO Consumer Advocacy-Essential Oil Supplier Ratings
• The Cropwatch Files
• Holistic Essentials-Test Reports
• Using Essential Oils Safely
• Aromatherapy Bible Blog – Danièle Ryman
• Aroma Culture
• AromaWeb – Facebook   or   Blog
• Organic Facts
• Aromatic Science
• Quackwatch – Your Guide to Quackery, Health Fraud and Intelligent Decisions

And Still More Places To Visit On Your Journey…..

• FDA Warning Letters: Young Living, dōTERRA Consultants Must Cease Marketing Claims That Essential Oils Fight Disease
• Essential Oils Might Be The New Antibiotics
• Experts Say Essential Oils Can Pose Dangerous Health Risks
• Essential Oils For Contagion – Facts & Fantasies With David Crow, L.Ac (video)
• Essential Oil University — Facebook
• FDA Regulation of Aromatherapy Products

Education and Reference Guides…..

• Essential Oil Safety -Robert Tisserand
• The Art, Science and Business of Aromatherapy: Your Guide for Personal Aromatherapy and Entrepreneurship — Kayla Fioravanti
• Aromatherapy: Essential Oils for Vibrant Health and Beauty — Roberta Wilson
• The Complete Aromatherapy and Essential Oils Handbook for Everyday Wellness — Nerys Purchon, Lora Cantele
• The Heart of Aromatherapy: An Easy-to-Use Guide for Essential Oils  — Andrea Butje
• The Chemistry of Essential Oils – David G. Williams
• The Essential Oils Book – Colleen  K. Dodt
• The Expert’s Guide to Aromatherapy & Essential Oils for Health – Danièle Ryman
• 375 Essential Oils and Hydrosols – Jeanne Rose
• The Complete Book of Essential Oils and Aromatherapy – Valerie Wormwood

If you want to check out some good books on herbs, check out this link:

• Top Herbal Books for Beginners

This list is a work in progress.

  Check back often for updates!