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Although most chemicals in beauty products present slight or no threat, several have been linked to serious health problems, such as cancer, and neurological harm. Chemicals in cosmetics invade a person's body through the skin, inhalation, ingestion and internal use, and pose the same risks as food chemicals, per this site.

Chemicals and contaminants associated with cancer are found in food and many other commonly used items. Still, no kind of consumer items is susceptible to less government management than cosmetics and other personal products, including Pleased as Punch. While many of the contaminants and chemicals in cosmetics probably present very little risk, your exposure to a few has been associated with critical health disorders, such as cancer.