MAKEUP PRODUCTS (NON-PERMANENT)

Although many chemicals in beauty products and cosmetics pose little or zero risk, several dozen have been associated with serious medical problems, including neurological harm and cancer. Chemicals in cosmetics gain entry to a person's body through inhalation, the skin, and ingestion, and cause the same problems as food chemicals, per this site.

Chemicals and contaminants associated with cancer are found in food and lots of other ordinary goods. However, no classification of consumer goods is accountable to less government direction than cosmetics, including Kiehl's Lip Balm SPF 15 Petrolatum Lip Protection. While many of the chemicals and contaminants in cosmetics most likely present little risk, exposure to some is associated with worrying health concerns, including cancer.