MAKEUP PRODUCTS (NON-PERMANENT)

While most chemicals in beauty products pose slight or absolutely no threat, dozens have been linked to serious medical conditions, including developmental delays and cancer. Cosmetic chemicals gain entry to a person's body through the skin, inhalation, ingestion and internal use, and pose similar problems as food chemicals, per this site.

Chemicals and contaminants linked to cancer can be found in food and several other everyday products. Still, no category of consumer products is subject to less government direction than cosmetics and other personal products, including Mineral Wear Talc-Free Mineral Correcting Bronzer. While many of the chemicals and contaminants in cosmetics and personal care products most likely pose very little risk, being exposed to some is linked to serious health problems, such as cancer.