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While many chemicals in beauty products and cosmetics pose hardly any or absolutely no threat, several dozen have been linked to significant health problems, including neurological harm and cancer. Chemicals in cosmetics enter a person's body through inhalation, the skin, and ingestion, and cause the same risks as food chemicals, per this site.

Chemicals linked to cancer are found in water, food, and a lot of other everyday products. Yet, no type of consumer products is accountable to less government inspection than cosmetics and other personal care products, including Shimmer Splash I Love Licorice. Though many of the chemicals in cosmetics probably pose minimal risk, being exposed to some has been linked to worrying health conditions, such as cancer.