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Although most chemicals in beauty products present slight or no threat, several dozen have been associated with severe medical problems, including cancer, and neurological harm. Cosmetic chemicals gain entry to the body through inhalation, ingestion, and the skin, and pose similar problems as food chemicals, per this site.

Chemicals associated with cancer can be found in food and many other ordinary items. Still, no classification of consumer items is susceptible to less government oversight than cosmetics, including Bath & Body Works Illuminating Shimmer Mist Fiji Sunshine Guava-Tini. Although most of the chemicals and contaminants in cosmetics in all likelihood pose minimal risk, being exposed to a few is associated with critical health conditions, including cancer.