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While most chemicals in beauty products pose hardly any or zero risk, several dozen are linked to considerable medical problems, such as cancer, reproductive and neurological harm, and developmental delays. Chemicals in cosmetics gain entry to the body through inhalation, the skin, and ingestion, and lead to the same dangers as food chemicals, per this site.

Contaminants and chemicals associated with cancer can be found in food and various other everyday goods. Yet, no classification of consumer goods is susceptible to less government management than cosmetics and other personal care products, including Victoria's Secret Spa Body Lotion. Though most of the chemicals in cosmetics almost certainly pose very little risk, being exposed to a few is associated with major health problems, such as cancer.