[sva_]

Wait a moment. Mineral oils are food-safe?

Don't they accumulate in the body and act as endocrine disruptors?

[buildsjets]

Mineral 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/cfr...

[userbinator]

Food-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.

[stopagephobia]

To 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]

https://www.webmd.com/drugs/2/drug-153865/mineral-oil-laxati...