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  1. Newsgroups: sci.med
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!news.acns.nwu.edu!lib140.acns.nwu.edu!user
  3. From: rjhomer@nwu.edu (R. J. Homer)
  4. Subject: Re: Vaseline
  5. Message-ID: <rjhomer-210193113930@lib140.acns.nwu.edu>
  6. Followup-To: sci.med
  7. Sender: usenet@news.acns.nwu.edu (Usenet on news.acns)
  8. Nntp-Posting-Host: lib140.acns.nwu.edu
  9. Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA
  10. Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 17:37:02 GMT
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  13. Potential carcinogenic effects of vaseline stem from the petroleum base
  14. used in its manufacture. Vaselin may be thought of as a much milder
  15. carcinogen than say gasoline or oil; but it is in the same family of
  16. mutagens. 
  17.