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Mineral Oil is Yuck. Discuss.

by Kim on October 30th, 2006

The peeps who love the mineral oil are a devoted, nay, extremist bunch. I have never seen a more angry reaction to me saying that mineral oil is bad for you than I did when I said the Doodlebops are creepy (yes they are!). I know it works well as a lubricant and softener, that’s well established. And the Beauty Brains has numerous posts extolling its virtues (and they ought to know!) So why do the natural people think it’s so toxic? Is it because it comes from crude oil, the stuff we put in our cars, that makes it so conceptually unacceptable to the natural-types (yes, like me!)? Please weigh in and discuss. I’d like an intelligent, fact-based discussion here—and one that is supported by evidence of studies not financed by either party: the petrolatum people or the save the whales people. Can we get that up in here?

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