SKIN CARE PRODUCTS

Although the majority of chemicals in beauty products pose minimal or zero risk, dozens have been associated to substantial health problems, including cancer, and neurological harm. Cosmetic chemicals gain entry to a person's body through the skin, inhalation, ingestion and internal use, and lead to similar problems as food chemicals, per this site.

Chemicals associated with cancer are found in food and many other everyday goods. Yet, no area of consumer goods is accountable to less government inspection than cosmetics, including Purely Sun-Defying Moisturizer with SPF15 Sunscreen. While most of the chemicals in cosmetics and personal care products likely pose very little risk, exposure to a few is associated with significant health problems, such as cancer.