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Mineral Oil Based- Known skin carcinogen or cancer-promoter
I really wanted to give this product a try as a chaffing preventative, but given that amazon did not list the ingredients I should not have ordered it without further research. I value my reporductive health, so it will be going back unopened.
The second ingredient in this product is petroleum derived mineral oil, a byproduct of petrochemical refinement and always contains harmful polycyclic aromatic compounds even if it is food-grade or cosmetic grade. I've studied toxicology formally and will be the first to say that your groin is no place for petrochemicals. The skin in those sensitive areas is over 100 times more absorbent (<1% of the protection) of lipophilic compounds compared to your hands. There are peer reviewed studies which demonstrate that cosmetics formulated with food grade mineral oil increase the frequency of skin cancers in hairless mice.
Mineral oil is not a necessary active ingredient, it is an extemely cheap petro-chemical filler which is easily substituted with plant derived compounds not featuring benzene rings.
Dissapointed. It may work great...but simply not okay.
July 2011 · Sports and Outdoors · verified purchase