HAIR CARE PRODUCTS (NON-COLORING)

Though many chemicals in cosmetic products pose very little or zero threat, several dozen have been associated with significant health problems, such as developmental delays and cancer. Cosmetic chemicals gain entry to a person's body through ingestion, inhalation, and internal use, and cause the same dangers as food chemicals, per this site.

Chemicals associated with cancer are found in food, water, and various other common products. But, no category of consumer products is accountable to less government inspection than cosmetics and other personal products, including BIG. While many of the chemicals and contaminants in cosmetics in all likelihood pose little risk, subjection to some is associated with worrying health issues, such as cancer.