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While the majority of chemicals in beauty products and cosmetics pose hardly any or absolutely no risk, several dozen are associated with serious health issues, such as cancer, reproductive and neurological harm, and developmental delays. Chemicals in cosmetics gain entry to a person's body through the skin and inhalation, and pose the same problems as food chemicals, per this site.

Contaminants and chemicals associated with cancer can be found in water, food, and several other everyday products. Yet, no category of consumer products is susceptible to less government management than cosmetics and other personal products, including Hand & Body Creme. Though many of the chemicals in cosmetics almost certainly present minimal risk, subjection to some is associated with major health problems, such as cancer.