HAIR CARE PRODUCTS (NON-COLORING)

While most chemicals in beauty products and cosmetics pose very little or no threat, several dozen are linked with serious health problems, including cancer, and neurological harm. Cosmetic chemicals get into a person's body through the skin and inhalation, and cause similar risks as food chemicals, per this site.

Chemicals linked to cancer can be found in water, food, and lots of other common products. Still, no sector of consumer products is accountable to less government oversight than cosmetics, including BIG. Though many of the chemicals and contaminants in cosmetics most likely pose very little risk, being exposed to some is linked to worrying health concerns, such as cancer.