MAKEUP PRODUCTS (NON-PERMANENT)

While the majority of chemicals in beauty products and cosmetics present hardly any or no risk, several dozen are linked to severe medical conditions, including developmental delays and cancer. Chemicals in cosmetics get into a person's body through the skin, inhalation, ingestion and internal use, and lead to the same problems as food chemicals, per this site.

Chemicals linked to cancer are found in food, water, and several other common goods. However, no classification of consumer goods is accountable to less government direction than cosmetics and other personal products, including OWL LIP BALM. While many of the contaminants and chemicals in cosmetics and personal care products probably present very little risk, your exposure to some has been linked to critical health conditions, such as cancer.