MAKEUP PRODUCTS (NON-PERMANENT)

Though most chemicals in beauty products and cosmetics pose very little or no threat, several dozen are associated with serious health problems, including neurological harm and cancer. Cosmetic chemicals can enter a person's body through inhalation, ingestion, and the skin, and pose the same dangers as food chemicals, per this site.

Chemicals and contaminants associated with cancer are found in food and lots of other commonly used products. However, no classification of consumer products is accountable to less government direction than cosmetics, including Lip Balm. Though many of the chemicals in cosmetics and personal care products in all likelihood present very little risk, your exposure to a few has been associated with significant health conditions, including cancer.