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Although the majority of chemicals in beauty products pose hardly any or no risk, several dozen have been associated with serious health problems, including cancer, reproductive and neurological harm, and developmental delays. Chemicals in cosmetics get into a person's body through inhalation, the skin, and ingestion, and pose similar dangers as food chemicals, per this site.

Chemicals associated with cancer can be found in food and a lot of other commonly used products. Still, no group of consumer products is subject to less government oversight than cosmetics and other personal products, including Tom's Whole Care Wintermint Paste. Though most of the chemicals in cosmetics probably present minimal risk, your exposure to a few is associated with critical health disorders, including cancer.