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While many chemicals in cosmetics present slight or no risk, several dozen are associated to serious health issues, including cancer, reproductive and neurological harm, and developmental delays. 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 associated with cancer can be found in food and many other commonly used items. Still, no category of consumer items is accountable to less government management than cosmetics and other personal products, including Clear Zinc Solar Protection w/ Silicon Light Tint. Though most of the chemicals in cosmetics most likely present very little risk, being exposed to a few has been associated with critical health problems, including cancer.