LATEST NEWS & MEDIA

30 Oct 2009 - EMEA submission

The EMEA (European Medicines Agency) committee on herbal medicinal products called for scientific data to create a Monograph for tea tree oil as a Herbal Medicine in August 2009 More »»

19 Jun 2009 - New ATTIA website

Welcome to our new website. If you are a regular visitor you will notice quite a few changes - this will be progressive as the site is developed over the next few weeks. More »»

16 Apr 2007 - Safety dossier submitted

The industry response on the SCCP Opinion on the Safety of Tea Tree Oil which was published in November 2004 has now been filed with Brussels. The industry is yet to be advised who will be the rapporteur. Additional data is to be filed from an as yet incomplete ROAT study More »»

21 Feb 2007 - ATTIA refutes gynecomastia link

ATTIA calls for the Journal of New England Medicine to publish a retraction re the recent article: Prepubertal Gynecomastia Linked to Lavender and Tea Tree Oil. More »»

Other Uses

There are a huge number of uses for TTO that are not in the categories listed:

Question: I would like to buy some TTO to use on a small area of carpet mold. I read some information on the internet that said TTO with Terpinen-4-ol concentrations of greater than 40% would have disinfectant properties.

Answer: Any commercial tea tree oil which quotes a terpinen-4-ol concentration of 30% or better has antibacterial and antifungal properties. In fact almost all tea tree oil sold around the world has a terpinen-4-ol of 38-42%. Wherever you read that oil with more than than 40% terpinen-4-ol has disinfectant properties, was probably just promoting their own brand and specification of oil!

Do NOT use neat tea tree oil on your carpet as it will probably strip out the carpet dye! We suggest that you:

a) Purchase a 'good quantity' of pure Australian tea tree oil - at least 100ml
b) Buy a bottle of methylated spirits.

Add 2 parts methylated spirits to 1 part tea tree oil - this will give you a 33% of tea tree oil solution. Add water to further dilute - I would suggest down to about a 10% concentration. Shake we, load it into a trigger spray bottle and spray on the affected area, deep down into the pile. Test for colour fastness first. Repeat this treatment 2 or 3 times over a week or so.

Almost certainly the mold which is in your carpet is also in the backing and possibly in the underlay. To survive any mould needs moist or humid conditions and unless you treat the cause (eg a leaking pipe, rising damp etc), your problem will definitely return. The tea tree oil solution will inhibit the mould growth, but if you are not able to remove the cause of the infection and /or not able to treat all affected areas you will have constant re-infection occuring from mould spores germinating. It is critical to identify and eliminate any moisture sources completely to stop this happening.