SKIN CARE PRODUCTS

While many chemicals in beauty products and cosmetics present very little or zero threat, several dozen have been linked to serious medical issues, including developmental delays and cancer. Cosmetic chemicals can enter a person's body through inhalation, ingestion, and the skin, and pose the same problems as food chemicals, per this site.

Contaminants and chemicals linked to cancer are found in food and lots of other everyday products. Still, no classification of consumer products is accountable to less government management than cosmetics and other personal products, including Sheer Finish Tinted Moisturizer Broad Spectrum SPF 15 Sunscreen (Fair). While most of the chemicals and contaminants in cosmetics and personal care products almost certainly present very little risk, exposure to a few is linked to critical health issues, such as cancer.