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Though most chemicals in beauty products and cosmetics pose minimal or zero risk, several dozen have been linked with significant health problems, such as developmental delays and cancer. Chemicals in cosmetics get into a person's body through the skin, inhalation, ingestion and internal use, and cause the same dangers as food chemicals, per this site.

Chemicals and contaminants linked to cancer can be found in food, water, and many other everyday items. Yet, no kind of consumer items is subject to less government inspection than cosmetics and other personal products, including Burts Bees Super Shiny Lip Gloss - Nectar Nude. Although many of the chemicals and contaminants in cosmetics likely present very little risk, being exposed to a few is linked to critical health conditions, such as cancer.