MAKEUP PRODUCTS (NON-PERMANENT)

While many chemicals in cosmetics pose hardly any or no threat, several have been linked with severe medical problems, including neurological harm and cancer. Chemicals in cosmetics enter a person's body through the skin, inhalation, ingestion and internal use, and cause the same risks as food chemicals, per this site.

Contaminants and chemicals linked to cancer can be found in food and several other commonly used goods. Yet, no sector of consumer goods is susceptible to less government direction than cosmetics and other personal products, including Mineral Wear Talc-Free Mineral Face Powder SPF 16. While many of the contaminants and chemicals in cosmetics in all likelihood present little risk, exposure to a few is linked to critical health problems, such as cancer.