MAKEUP PRODUCTS (NON-PERMANENT)

While many chemicals in beauty products pose hardly any or zero threat, several dozen are associated with severe health issues, including developmental delays and cancer. Cosmetic chemicals get into the body through inhalation, the skin, and ingestion, and cause similar problems as food chemicals, per this site.

Contaminants and chemicals associated with cancer are found in food, water, and various other commonly used products. Still, no kind of consumer products is subject to less government inspection than cosmetics and other personal care products, including Burts Bees Island Lip Balm with Passion Fruit. While most of the chemicals and contaminants in cosmetics and personal care products in all likelihood pose minimal risk, exposure to a few has been associated with critical health problems, such as cancer.