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While many chemicals in beauty products and cosmetics present little or zero threat, several dozen are linked to considerable health issues, including cancer, and neurological harm. Cosmetic chemicals enter a person's body through inhalation, the skin, and ingestion, and pose the same risks as food chemicals, per this site.

Chemicals and contaminants associated with cancer are found in food, water, and various other everyday products. But, no category of consumer products is subject to less government inspection than cosmetics and other personal products, including Natural Sun SPF 20 Unscented Sunscreen. Though many of the chemicals in cosmetics most likely pose little risk, being exposed to a few has been associated with worrying health issues, such as cancer.