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While many chemicals in beauty products pose very little or zero risk, several dozen are linked to serious health conditions, such as neurological harm and cancer. Cosmetic chemicals get into the body through the skin, inhalation, ingestion and internal use, and lead to similar dangers as food chemicals, per this site.

Chemicals associated with cancer can be found in food, water, and many other common products. Still, no kind of consumer products is subject to less government direction than cosmetics and other personal products, including White Shoulders Perfumed Body Lotion. While many of the contaminants and chemicals in cosmetics and personal care products in all likelihood pose little risk, exposure to some has been associated with critical health concerns, such as cancer.