Do you also have a lip gloss or lip balm addiction? I do. All year round you want soft, hydrated lips without any cracks. The skin of your lips is fragile, so you use a lip balm. But did you know that mineral oil (or petroleum jelly) is often added to lip balm? Shocking but true: if you apply lip balm several times a day, you will swallow an estimated four whole markers per year, according to the European Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety. With "normal" lip balms you consume so-called MOSH (Mineral Oil Saturated Hydrocarbons) and MOAH (Mineral Oil Aromatic ...