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While most chemicals in beauty products and cosmetics present minimal or no threat, several dozen have been linked with considerable health problems, including developmental delays and cancer. Cosmetic chemicals can enter your body through ingestion, inhalation, and internal use, and cause the same problems as food chemicals, per this site.

Contaminants and chemicals associated with cancer are found in water, food, and several other everyday goods. But, no kind of consumer goods is accountable to less government inspection than cosmetics, including Kiehl's Clearly Corrective Emulsion. Although many of the chemicals in cosmetics and personal care products most likely present very little risk, exposure to a few has been associated with critical health conditions, such as cancer.