MAKEUP PRODUCTS (NON-PERMANENT)

While most chemicals in beauty products and cosmetics pose little or absolutely no risk, several dozen are associated with significant medical problems, including developmental delays and cancer. Chemicals in cosmetics invade your body through inhalation, the skin, and ingestion, and cause similar risks as food chemicals, per this site.

Chemicals and contaminants associated with cancer are found in food and lots of other common products. But, no kind of consumer products is accountable to less government oversight than cosmetics, including Lip Balm. While most of the chemicals in cosmetics and personal care products most likely pose very little risk, exposure to a few has been associated with significant health problems, such as cancer.