HAIR CARE PRODUCTS (NON-COLORING)

While many chemicals in beauty products and cosmetics present minimal or no danger, several are linked with significant health issues, including cancer, and neurological harm. Cosmetic chemicals gain entry to a person's body through the skin and inhalation, and lead to similar risks as food chemicals, per this site.

Contaminants and chemicals associated with cancer are found in water, food, and various other everyday goods. However, no category of consumer goods is subject to less government direction than cosmetics and other personal products, including Dumb Blonde Smoothing Stuff. Although most of the chemicals and contaminants in cosmetics and personal care products probably present minimal risk, exposure to some is associated with critical health problems, such as cancer.