MAKEUP PRODUCTS (NON-PERMANENT)

While many chemicals in beauty products and cosmetics pose minimal or zero risk, dozens have been linked with severe medical problems, including neurological harm and cancer. Cosmetic chemicals get into a person's body through internal use, the skin, and inhalation, and cause similar problems as food chemicals, per this site.

Chemicals associated with cancer are found in water, food, and lots of other everyday items. However, no classification of consumer items is accountable to less government inspection than cosmetics and other personal care products, including Mineral Wear Talc-Free 100% Mineral Facebrightener. Although most of the chemicals in cosmetics and personal care products most likely pose very little risk, exposure to a few is associated with significant health concerns, including cancer.