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While most chemicals in beauty products present little or zero threat, several dozen have been associated with significant health problems, such as developmental delays and cancer. Chemicals in cosmetics enter your body through the skin and inhalation, and pose the same problems as food chemicals, per this site.

Chemicals linked to cancer are found in food and many other ordinary products. However, no category of consumer products is subject to less government inspection than cosmetics and other personal products, including Esoteric. While most of the chemicals and contaminants in cosmetics almost certainly pose very little risk, exposure to a few has been linked to worrying health concerns, such as cancer.