that cannot be subdued or overcome, as persons, will, or courage; unconquerable: an indomitable warrior. Origin of indomitable.
Published: December 9, 1981. MADRID, Dec. 8â A scandal involving adulterated cooking oil, which has killed 215 persons in Spain since last spring, has brought the nation's seafood canning industry to the verge of collapse. Although no poisonous oil has been found in 18,000 spot-checks of canned seafood, consumers' confidence has been shattered.
Untreated or mildly treated mineral oil is indeed considered toxic to humans, according to the World Health Organization. But highly refined mineral oil, as used in Vaseline and lip balms, is classified as not suspected to be carcinogenic but more information is required before it can be labeled as harmless by WHO.