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While most chemicals in beauty products pose minimal or no threat, several dozen have been linked with considerable medical issues, including neurological harm and cancer. Chemicals in cosmetics enter the body through the skin, inhalation, ingestion and internal use, and pose similar problems as food chemicals, per this site.

Chemicals and contaminants associated with cancer can be found in food and several other everyday items. But, no sector of consumer items is subject to less government inspection than cosmetics, including Kiehl's Abyssine Lotion + SPF 15. While most of the contaminants and chemicals in cosmetics in all likelihood present very little risk, being exposed to a few has been associated with serious health disorders, including cancer.