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While most chemicals in beauty products and cosmetics present very little or zero danger, several dozen are associated to significant medical problems, such as cancer, reproductive and neurological harm, and developmental delays. Chemicals in cosmetics invade a person's body through internal use, the skin, and inhalation, and pose the same problems as food chemicals, per this site.

Chemicals linked to cancer are found in water, food, and several other common products. However, no type of consumer products is accountable to less government inspection than cosmetics and other personal products, including Victoria's Secret Satin Lip Crayon Barely. Although most of the contaminants and chemicals in cosmetics probably present very little risk, being exposed to some is linked to major health problems, such as cancer.