MAKEUP PRODUCTS (NON-PERMANENT)

While many chemicals in beauty products pose hardly any or zero threat, several dozen are linked with substantial health conditions, including cancer, reproductive and neurological harm, and developmental delays. Chemicals in cosmetics gain entry to the body through inhalation, the skin, and ingestion, and cause the same risks as food chemicals, per this site.

Chemicals linked to cancer can be found in food, water, and many other common products. But, no type of consumer products is subject to less government direction than cosmetics and other personal products, including CANDIED GINGER LIP BALM. Although most of the contaminants and chemicals in cosmetics in all likelihood pose very little risk, exposure to a few is linked to major health issues, such as cancer.