Urban Legend: Carmex Myth

While I was doing some investigative reporting on chapstick on the world wide web I came across an urban legend featuring Carmex on Snopes.

Apparently there was a rumor running rampant in the lip balm community that Carmex was addictive due to having ground up glass as an ingredient. Now, when someone offers you this bit of gossip don't you have to ask "what makes ground up glass addictive?" Although this question is never answered, we do found out that despite vague claims against adding addictive qualities,

Paul Woebling, spokesman for Carma Labs, producer of Carmex, said letters from users, worried about addiction, are common. "We tell them we're in full compliance with the Food and Drug Administration," he said,

so the balm is perfectly safe.

Dip on!

Addendum: My partner is balm has alerted me to the official Carmex response to their addiction accusations. Myth number 5 has won my heart, doesn't everything cause cancer?:

MYTH: Carmex causes cancer.
If there were any truth to this rumor, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration would require us to discontinue the manufacture of Carmex.