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Utahns Love Their Essential Oils, but Can the Science Back Any of Their Claims?

April 14, 2021 by Eric S. Peterson Leave a Comment

  The following story was written and researched by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with Utah Stories. Utah-based Young Living Essential Oils has boasted of having over 3,000 global employees, more than six million members, and of being the “world leader in essential oil research and development.” But in 2020 when the company was asked by … [Read more...]

Slippery Sales: Utah’s MLM companies push high volumes of “immunity boosting” essential oils during pandemic scare despite lack of scientific support

April 11, 2020 by Eric S. Peterson Leave a Comment

The following story was written and reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with Utah Stories. “Hi!  I just need some advice please!,” read a panicky post made to the Facebook page of “DT Essential Oils – Best Recipes & Remedies” on March 24. The woman wrote that her husband was traveling for work to Washington and she wanted to know … [Read more...]

doTERRA 2019 Convention: Together We Can

September 9, 2019 by Utah Stories Leave a Comment

Salt Lake’s Largest Annual Convention, doTERRA, Fills Salt Palace and Vivint Arena Sept. 10-13, 2019 SALT LAKE CITY (September 2019) – Visit Salt Lake is hosting its largest annual convention client, doTERRA. The convention takes place at the Calvin L Rampton Salt Palace Convention Center and Vivint Smart Home Arena on September 10-13, 2019. doTERRA will welcome more than … [Read more...]

Big MLM trouble in Big China

August 8, 2019 by Eric S. Peterson Leave a Comment

Can USANA deal with Chinese laws?  Major multi-level marketing companies like USANA face crackdowns in China, where the business practice is widespread, sometimes violent, and very illegal. The following story was written and reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with Utah Stories. USANA encounters multi-level problems in China Multi-level … [Read more...]

My Essential Collection: Love What You Sell

May 30, 2018 by Ted Scheffler Leave a Comment

You might not think that analytics and information technology go hand-in-hand with a business startup specialising in essential oils, but think again. Those are the underpinnings of Andrea and Tom Wolfe’s business, My Essential Collection. You see, Tom works in the information technology field while Andrea is part of a hospital analytical team. In fact, it was spreadsheets … [Read more...]

Young Living Farms Receives a Warning Letter from the FDA

September 24, 2014 by Richard Markosian 35 Comments

Young Living Farms based out of Lehi, Utah has been selling essential oils for medicinal properties since they were founded by D. Gary Young over twenty years ago. Some of the claims D. Gary Young has personally made include that their essential oils can cure a myriad of illnesses and that their oils can also prevent disease. It's clear from the debate surrounding this issue … [Read more...]

Report Used in Young Living Farms Case Against DoTERRA Suspect

August 21, 2014 by Richard Markosian 21 Comments

According to Dr. Robert Pappas (Founder of Essential Oil University) the report that Young Living Farms included in their case against doTERRA in 2013 does not appear to be conducted on oils that doTERRA sells. Dr. Pappas comes to this conclusion because the chemicals compounds listed in their findings appear nothing like the peppermint oil on which Dr. Pappas has conducted … [Read more...]

Damning Evidence That Young Living and DoTERRA’s Essential Oils are Adulterated

August 15, 2014 by Arvid Keeson 241 Comments

A deposition in Utah court by Dr. Robert Pappas, shows that Young Living Essential Oils under the leadership of D. Gary Young passed off synthetic oils as authentic for jasmine and birch oils, which were conclusively found to be synthetic oils. Dr. Pappas says that he first learned of Young Living Essential Oils when he was giving a lecture at Purdue University working for … [Read more...]

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