Tea Tree Oil and Hormonal Disruption:
Why the
Misinformation
Persists
Almost 20 years after concerns about Tea Tree Oil and
hormonal disruption in children first emerged, misinformation continues to circulate online. Discover what subsequent scientific research has established and why outdated claims persist.
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A Partnership Built on Progress: ATTIA and AgriFutures Australia
For many years, ATTIA and AgriFutures Australia have worked together as part of a broader industry effort to advance Australian Tea Tree Oil. Discover how this longstanding partnership is helping turn industry priorities into research, evidence and practical outcomes.
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What Makes Australian
Tea Tree Oil Different?
It Starts With the Levy.
Australian Tea Tree Oil comes from a levied industry, with every kilogram produced contributing to research and innovation. Discover how this collective investment helps build the science and evidence behind 100% Pure Australian Tea Tree Oil, and why that matters when choosing Tea Tree Oil.
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Save Tea Tree: A New Global Campaign to Protect Tea Tree Oil
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EU Regulatory Update: Progress Continues as Industry Response
Gains Momentum
EU Regulatory Update: Progress Continues as Industry Response Gains Momentum
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Global Attention Builds
as EU Review
Intensifies
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A Critical Moment for
Tea Tree Oil: New
Global Report
Highlights Industry
Risk and Opportunity
IFEAT Socio-Economic Report
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EU Classification
Update
EU Classification Update
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Adulteration and the integrity of tea tree oil
Adulteration and the integrity of tea tree oil. Learning from honey to safeguard authenticity in tea tree oil
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EU Regulatory Developments Affecting Tea Tree Oil
ATTIA’s perspective on EU Regulatory Developments Affecting Tea Tree Oil
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Reflections from Göteborg: ATTIA Members at IFEAT
2025
ATTIA Members at IFEAT 2025
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Updated International Standard for Tea Tree
Oil.
From ISO 4730:2025 to ATTIA’s Code of Practice — raising the standard for Tea Tree Oil.
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Khapra Beetle Threat - What Tea Tree Producers Need to Know
National Pest Alert for the Tea Tree Industry.
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New Research Explores Vapour-Based Tea Tree Oil Action Against Bovine Respiratory Pathogens
Emerging research highlights tea tree oil’s versatility across new therapeutic applications.
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Who’s Who in the EU Tea Tree Oil Regulatory Review
ATTIA’s guide to the agencies, committees, and industry bodies shaping the outcome.
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ATTIA Biosecurity Update: Containing
Red Imported Fire Ants
Fire Ant Update - Emergency Order No. 13 Now in Force
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Issue Brief: Response
to Re-Classification of
Tea Tree Oil by ECHA.
ATTIA Response to the Damaging Re-Classification of Tea Tree Oil by the European Chemicals Agency.
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Scientists Confirm: Essential Oils
Unrelated to Hormone
Disruption
Epidemiological Research Debunks the Long-Held Myth That Lavender and Tea Tree Oils Cause Endocrine Disruption in Children.
Results of a study by Franklin Health Research Centre (USA) conclusively rule out Tea Tree Oil as an endocrine disrupter.
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Biosecurity Plan for the Tea Tree Industry
Biosecurity for the Australian tea tree industry focuses on five key areas outlined below, and identifies the components to be implemented over the life of the biosecurity plan 2019-2023.
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Tea tree oil and
prostate research tops
Cancer Council list
Dr Cornelia Bertram, from the UWA School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, will receive $24,000 towards her research into improved tea tree oil based formulations that could eradicate cancer cells and potentially be used in the future to treat superficial and deep skin cancers more efficiently.
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Elsinoë scab (Elsinoë eelemani) of Tea Tree (Melaleuca alternifolia)
Elsinoë eelemani is a fungus that causes scabby lesions to develop on infected Tea Tree (Melaleuca alternifolia) leaves and stems (Figure 1). The disease, Elsinoë scab, has been reported to occur in Tea Tree for more than 20 years. Disease incidence and severity vary between plantations but typically develop following periods of persistent or frequent moisture.
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Epidemiological Research Debunks the Long-Held Myth That Lavender and Tea Tree Oils Cause Endocrine Disruption in Children
Results of a study by Franklin Health Research Centre (USA) conclusively rule out Tea Tree Oil as an endocrine disrupter.
The results of this large prospective epidemiological study conducted in the USA conclusively rules out any purported links between Tea Tree Oil and breast development in young boys, a medical condition called gynecomastia, also known as premature thelarche in young girls.
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Essential Oils of the Pacific: Australian Tea Tree
CNN have recently released a video titled 'Essential Oils of the Pacific: Australian Tea Tree' available from this link: https://youtu.be/vj8tyzRG0JY
The team at CNN have done a brilliant job of pulling the story together about Australia’s efforts to demonstrate TTO safety and efficacy, the risks of adulteration, and the Australian industry's efforts to combat this.
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TTO goes Royal
Meghan Markle reveals the ONE go-to remedy in her medical cabinet she calls her 'cure-all'
Harry's glamorous – not to mention practical – fiancée reveals she never gets on a plane without a bottle of a simple essential oil – tea tree. Meghan said: 'The one thing that I cannot live without when I'm traveling is a small container of tea tree oil. 'It's not the most glamorous thing, but if you get a cut, a mosquito bite, a small breakout, no matter what it is, it's my little cure-all.'
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Tea Tree Too Successful
AUSTRALIAN tea tree growers are battling a flood of adulterated pharmaceutical imports riding on fast-growing demand for the oil. Recent research has linked numerous health benefits to the oil extracted from the native plant’s leaves.
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