MAKEUP PRODUCTS (NON-PERMANENT)

While many chemicals in cosmetics pose little or absolutely no risk, several dozen are linked with considerable medical problems, such as developmental delays and cancer. Chemicals in cosmetics get into a person's body through the skin and inhalation, and cause the same risks as food chemicals, per this site.

Contaminants and chemicals associated with cancer are found in food and various other commonly used products. However, no area of consumer products is accountable to less government direction than cosmetics and other personal care products, including CHOPSTICK PENCIL 03. While most of the chemicals and contaminants in cosmetics and personal care products almost certainly present very little risk, exposure to some is associated with critical health issues, including cancer.