MAKEUP PRODUCTS (NON-PERMANENT)

Although most chemicals in cosmetics pose hardly any or no risk, dozens are linked with severe health conditions, including developmental delays and cancer. Cosmetic chemicals invade a person's body through inhalation, the skin, and ingestion, and pose similar problems as food chemicals, per this site.

Chemicals linked to cancer are found in food, water, and lots of other common goods. Still, no classification of consumer goods is accountable to less government inspection than cosmetics and other personal care products, including BROW SPECTRUM EYEBROW POWDER PALETTE (BR050). Although many of the contaminants and chemicals in cosmetics and personal care products probably pose little risk, being exposed to a few is linked to major health disorders, such as cancer.