Chemicals in Lavender and Tea Tree Oil May Be Linked to Abnormal Breast Growth in Young Boys

A study presented on March 17th 2018 at ENDO 2018, the Endocrine Society’s 100th annual meeting in Chicago,.lends further evidence to a suspected link between abnormal breast growth in young boys–called prepubertal gynecomastia–and regular exposure to lavender or tea tree oil. The researchers found that key chemicals in these common plant-derived oils act as endocrine-disrupting… Continue reading Chemicals in Lavender and Tea Tree Oil May Be Linked to Abnormal Breast Growth in Young Boys