MAKEUP PRODUCTS (NON-PERMANENT)

While many chemicals in beauty products pose hardly any or zero threat, several dozen have been linked to significant health issues, including cancer, and neurological harm. Cosmetic chemicals enter a person's body through ingestion, inhalation, and internal use, and lead to the same problems as food chemicals, per this site.

Chemicals associated with cancer can be found in water, food, and many other everyday items. Yet, no classification of consumer items is accountable to less government direction than cosmetics, including Burts Bees Super Shiny Lip Gloss - Pucker Berry. While most of the chemicals and contaminants in cosmetics probably present little risk, exposure to a few is associated with serious health problems, including cancer.