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Though many chemicals in beauty products pose hardly any or no risk, several dozen are associated with serious health conditions, including cancer, and neurological harm. Cosmetic chemicals get into a person's body through the skin, inhalation, ingestion and internal use, and pose similar risks as food chemicals, per this site.

Chemicals associated with cancer can be found in water, food, and several other ordinary items. Still, no category of consumer items is subject to less government oversight than cosmetics and other personal products, including Lacquer Purr-Fect Plum. Though most of the contaminants and chemicals in cosmetics and personal care products in all likelihood pose minimal risk, exposure to a few is associated with critical health disorders, including cancer.