Why I Stopped Using Vicks Vapor Rub.........

Many of us have used Vicks Vapor Rub over the years, I want to share with you why I stopped.........

The ingredients in Vicks are as follows: Camphor 4.8%, Eucalyptus oil 1.2%, Menthol 2.6%, Cedar leaf oil, nutmeg oil, special petrolatum, thymol and turpentine oil. 
A lot of people in the mothering communities feel that this is a safe product and is relatively natural. 
I cannot get past the presence of petrolatum, or petroleum jelly. 

Do you know what petroleum jelly is? It is simply a semi-solid mixture of hydrocarbons. It does not oxidize with exposure to the air, and is not readily acted on by chemical reagents. It is insoluble in water. It is soluble in chloroform, benzene, carbon disulphide and oil of turpentine. Petroleum jelly is a byproduct of oil drilling. Oil drilling, you know, the kind of oil that winds up in gasoline. Nope. I'm not going to put a cousin of gasoline on my or my family's skin.