PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS

While many chemicals in beauty products and cosmetics pose limited or absolutely no threat, some are associated with significant health issues, such as cancer, reproductive and neurological harm, and developmental delays. Cosmetic chemicals gain entry to your body through the skin, inhalation, ingestion and internal use, and pose the same problems as food chemicals, per this site.

Chemicals and contaminants associated with cancer are found in food, water, and lots of other everyday goods. However, no category of consumer goods is accountable to less government direction than cosmetics and other personal products, including All Purpose Hand Soap. While many of the chemicals and contaminants in cosmetics most likely pose very little risk, being exposed to a few is associated with substantial health problems, such as cancer.