Propolis - contaminated
with Chemicals and artificial wax?
Beeswax, propolis,
honey, comb honey, royal jelly being used in pharmacy, alternative medicine,
cosmetics, holistic therapies, need to be residue free. For the time being
there is only little uncontaminated beeswax and propolis on the
Europien market as most beekeepers work with artificial parts of the combs
(foundations). Pure propolis and beeswax need to be imported from
countries outside of Europe together with until now unknown substances
and contaminants - However, more and more also in Europe beekeepers work
without artificial compounds in the apiary; especially in the Center for
ecological Apiculture and its certified member apiaries uncontaminated
propolis and beeswax is being produced, as these apiaries work completely
without foundations and propolis and beeswax are harvested from bee colonies
who are allowed to drawn out their combs naturally and collect propolis
from uncontaminated landscapes.
bee products used
for alternative medicine, apitherapy, holistic healing, homeopathic therapies
and cosmetics need to be without residuals. Beeswax, partitions, comb in
the comb and propolis, sold by trading companies or ebay, may contain
paraffine and DEET. Artificial comb honey in cassettes made of wood or
plastic also contain artificial beeswax. Further
reading and references...
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more about sources of supply for pure propolis products...
Propolis - Is it enough
to purchase organic propolis? Does chemical analysis of propolis show everything?
More important than
chemical
analysis of products such as raw-propolis, propolis-tincture, beeswax,
comb honey, comb in the comb, raw honey, beesbread is the origin of the
raw materials, the way beekeepers keep their bees and which kind of hives
they use. This fact is overseen in many cases by trading companies and
producers
of propolis products. Propolis products offered in supermarkets or drug
stores sometimes contain not only pollutant loads or enrichments with
harmful substances but also cancer causing and biotechnological produced
sugar substitutes as isomalt or aspartame.
The quality of food
and beeproducts such as propolis cannot be clearified by common analytic
methods and techniques. Analytic procedures are too crude; thats the reason
why foodstuff inspectors were often easy game for the swindlers.
Also methods of
harvesting propolis and pollen are very often anything but according
the needs of bees. Even socalled organic propolis and beeswax may
be contaminated with beeswax that contains low amounts of pesticides or
paraffin. Thus, raw honey, beeswax, beesbread, pollen and propolis may
be contaminated, especially if beekeeping methods are not according standards
of Centre for ecological Apiculture. Further
reading and references...
Propolis - contaminated
with pollen from genetically modified crops?
Honeybees in Switzerland
collect pollen from maize, also GM-maize (which is not yet prohibited in
Switzerland), more frequently than expected; these pollen can be found
in beeproducts (pollen, beesbread, comb in the comb, propolis, beeswax)
from Switzerland or other countries who allow GM-crops to be grown such
as USA, Canada, China, Philippine Islands, Brasil, Argentina, Mexico,
Romania, Czech, Slovakia, Poland, Bulgaria, South Africa, Australia, India,
Uruguay, Spain, Portugal. Food containing GM-maize or compounds of other
genetically engineered crops are toxic as new scientific research turned
out. Further reading and references...
Propolis - in Pharmacy
and Cosmetics, alternative Medicine, holistic therapies and Natural Cosmetics
As cosmetic industry
want to offer low budget products, it is creating now cremes, lotions and
fragrances without natural ingredients good for skin care such as beeswax,
Propolis
and organic herbal oils; cosmetic industry is using poor and cancerogenic
compounds instead such as Paraffinum Liqu., microcristaline wax (Mikroparaffin)
or vaseline, PEG (Polyethylenglykol), Aluminium, Benzoeacid. Even expensive
cosmetics may contain substances who support tumors in respiratory tract.
Further
reading and references...
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more about sources of supply for pure propolis...
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