MAKEUP PRODUCTS (NON-PERMANENT)

While many chemicals in beauty products and cosmetics present very little or no danger, several dozen are linked to significant health issues, including cancer, and neurological harm. Chemicals in cosmetics can enter a person's body through inhalation, ingestion, and the skin, and pose the same dangers as food chemicals, per this site.

Contaminants and chemicals associated with cancer are found in water, food, and many other commonly used items. But, no category of consumer items is accountable to less government direction than cosmetics, including AVON SMOOTH MINERALS FOUNDATION-ALL SHADES . While most of the contaminants and chemicals in cosmetics and personal care products very likely pose minimal risk, being exposed to a few is associated with worrying health problems, such as cancer.