I keep on reading about how cosmetics containing mineral oil and/or petroleum jelly should be avoided because they’re dangerous and made from crude oil, so ewwww. Or something like that.
Having looked into the matter I know it’s bollocks (not its being made from oil, as if that matters, but the supposed dangers of using it), but does anyone know when and where the rumor started? I suspect a competitor of Unilever’s, the maker of the Vaseline brand, but can’t find any evidence of this.
Thanks!