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While many chemicals in beauty products and cosmetics present very little or no threat, dozens are linked with significant health issues, such as cancer, and neurological harm. Cosmetic chemicals enter a person's body through the skin and inhalation, and pose the same risks as food chemicals, per this site.

Contaminants and chemicals associated with cancer can be found in food and various other ordinary goods. But, no type of consumer goods is subject to less government oversight than cosmetics and other personal products, including Victoria's Secret Luminous Body Oil Angel Glow. Although most of the chemicals and contaminants in cosmetics probably pose very little risk, exposure to a few has been associated with major health issues, including cancer.