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Although many chemicals in cosmetics pose very little or no risk, some have been associated with serious health problems, including neurological harm and cancer. Chemicals in cosmetics gain entry to a person's body through inhalation, the skin, and ingestion, and cause similar dangers as food chemicals, per this site.

Chemicals associated with cancer are found in food and lots of other everyday products. Still, no category of consumer products is subject to less government direction than cosmetics, including Harmon Face Values Brazilian Keratin 14 Days Straightening Treatment 4oz (boxed). Though most of the contaminants and chemicals in cosmetics in all likelihood present very little risk, exposure to some is associated with serious health problems, such as cancer.