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Wait a moment. Mineral oils are food-safe? Don't they accumulate in the body and act as endocrine disruptors?
by sva_ 5y ago
Wait a moment. Mineral oils are food-safe?
Don't they accumulate in the body and act as endocrine disruptors?
- stopagephobia 5y agoTo my knowledge it can absorb a little through the skin but not through the intestines though more than a little will give you the shits real bad.
- jessaustin 5y agohttps://www.webmd.com/drugs/2/drug-153865/mineral-oil-laxative-oral/details https://www.webmd.com/drugs/2/drug-153865/mineral-oil-laxati...
- buildsjets 5y agoMineral oil is commonly used to coat/maintain butcher block cutting boards, and as a storage coating on high carbon knives. It is recognized as safe by the FDA when produced according to food safety guidelines and under quality control. https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/cfrsearch.cfm?fr=172.878 https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/cfr...
- userbinator 5y agoFood-grade mineral oil is highly refined and doesn't contain any of the carcinogenic aromatics. It could be considered a lower molecular weight petroleum jelly. It's also used as a laxative.