An interesting article about scientific names....

I just read an interesting article about scientific names (read it here) and what they REALLY mean. There has been a wide campaign to scare consumers into thinking "If you can't pronounce it, it can't be safe!" and this article sheds some light on that issue. That is SO NOT TRUE! The scientific name of olive oil is olea europaea and the scientific name of coconut oil is cocos mucifera. Not easy to pronounce and look not quite natural, however they certainly are. There are many manufacturers out there of every kind of product, but his kind of tactic used by unscrupulous sources is below the belt and FALSE. Imagine a company that is purporting all natural products using this claim? They KNOW it is false, but they are very successful in scaring people into believing them and using their products or products they endorse. I am reminded of a passage from one of my favorite poems: "Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is. Many persons strive for high ideals and everywhere life is full of heroism." Desiderata

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