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While most chemicals in beauty products pose very little or zero risk, several dozen are linked to considerable health problems, including developmental delays and cancer. Chemicals in cosmetics gain entry to a person's body through inhalation, the skin, and ingestion, and cause similar risks as food chemicals, per this site.

Chemicals associated with cancer can be found in food and many other commonly used items. But, no sector of consumer items is subject to less government inspection than cosmetics, including Nourishing Body Wash. Although most of the chemicals and contaminants in cosmetics and personal care products very likely pose very little risk, exposure to some has been associated with serious health problems, including cancer.