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Although many chemicals in beauty products pose limited or zero risk, several are associated with serious health issues, such as neurological harm and cancer. Cosmetic chemicals enter a person's body through inhalation, the skin, and ingestion, and pose the same problems as food chemicals, per this site.

Chemicals associated with cancer can be found in food and various other commonly used goods. However, no category of consumer goods is subject to less government management than cosmetics and other personal care products, including Hair & Body Wash. Although most of the chemicals in cosmetics and personal care products very likely pose little risk, exposure to some is associated with worrying health conditions, including cancer.