ORAL HYGIENE PRODUCTS

Though many chemicals in beauty products present hardly any or no threat, dozens are associated to significant health problems, such as cancer, and neurological harm. Chemicals in cosmetics enter a person's body through the skin, inhalation, ingestion and internal use, and pose the same risks as food chemicals, per this site.

Chemicals and contaminants associated with cancer can be found in food and several other common items. Still, no sector of consumer items is susceptible to less government inspection than cosmetics and other personal care products, including Gleem Sodium Fluoride Anticavity Toothpaste. Although most of the chemicals in cosmetics in all likelihood present very little risk, being exposed to a few is associated with critical health conditions, such as cancer.