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While most chemicals in beauty products and cosmetics present limited or zero threat, dozens have been linked to serious health problems, such as neurological harm and cancer. Cosmetic chemicals gain entry to a person's body through the skin and inhalation, and pose similar problems as food chemicals, per this site.

Chemicals associated with cancer can be found in water, food, and many other everyday products. Yet, no category of consumer products is accountable to less government management than cosmetics, including Eucerin Anti-Wrinkle Night Cream. Although many of the chemicals in cosmetics and personal care products very likely present minimal risk, exposure to a few is associated with critical health problems, including cancer.