I feel so much better now that the US government tells me it's OK to use, since they could never possibly be bought by special interests, especially considering the thousands and thousands of topical products that would have to be re-formulated to eliminate them.
I just happen to prefer to use products that do not contain certain chemicals, and I choose to support products & producers who have worked to eliminate them.
As per the link: "The CIR is an industry-sponsored organization that reviews cosmetic ingredient safety and publishes its results in open, peer-reviewed literature. FDA participates in the CIR in a non-voting capacity."
That is the important part, peer reviewed. As in, if there was something shoddy or faulty done in the experiments, the other scientists peer reviewing the literature would go ahead and say something, and the data would then not allowed to be published. Of course, there could still be some sort of error, but overall, I would trust it. After all, this is how a majority of science is done today, and I would say that it works pretty well considering all of the advancements made in the last 100 years.
If you want moisturizing without scent.... just get a moisturizer. They're dirt cheap compared to "aftershave balms" even though they're mostly the same ingredients.
I've heard a lot of good things about Kanwa (made by Feather). I'm waiting for mine to arrive, but the impression I get on here seems very positive.
How I came to me to try Vaseline? not sure... from a beauty magazine and or article