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While the majority of chemicals in beauty products and cosmetics present minimal or zero threat, several dozen have been associated with significant medical problems, including cancer, and neurological harm. Cosmetic chemicals can enter the body through the skin and inhalation, and cause the same problems as food chemicals, per this site.

Chemicals associated with cancer are found in food and many other everyday items. Still, no sector of consumer items is accountable to less government inspection than cosmetics and other personal products, including Lancaster Self-Tanning Essential Bronze Milke SPF 6 for Face and Body. While many of the contaminants and chemicals in cosmetics and personal care products likely pose very little risk, exposure to some is associated with worrying health problems, such as cancer.