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Although most chemicals in beauty products pose limited or zero risk, several dozen have been linked with serious medical issues, including cancer, and neurological harm. Chemicals in cosmetics can enter a person's body through the skin, inhalation, ingestion and internal use, and lead to the same dangers as food chemicals, per this site.

Contaminants and chemicals linked to cancer can be found in water, food, and several other commonly used items. But, no category of consumer items is accountable to less government oversight than cosmetics, including Nature's Gate Papaya Moisturizing Lotion. Although most of the chemicals and contaminants in cosmetics in all likelihood present little risk, subjection to a few is linked to serious health conditions, such as cancer.