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While many chemicals in beauty products and cosmetics present slight or zero threat, several dozen have been associated to severe health conditions, including cancer, and neurological harm. Chemicals in cosmetics can enter the body through internal use, the skin, and inhalation, and cause the same problems as food chemicals, per this site.

Chemicals linked to cancer can be found in food and lots of other common products. Still, no classification of consumer products is accountable to less government direction than cosmetics and other personal care products, including shower gel. Although most of the chemicals and contaminants in cosmetics and personal care products in all likelihood pose little risk, exposure to some is linked to serious health issues, such as cancer.