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Several cosmetics and personal- care products popular with teenagers contain ingredients linked to breast cancer and other serious health problems, according to a recent analysis of cosmetics products.
While the presence of such ingredients does not prove that an individual product causes cancer or other diseases, their use in multiple products applied to the skin is cause for concern, environmental health advocates say.
A recent study of beauty products by the Washington-based Environmental Working Group, called “Skin Deep,” revealed that several products marketed to teens contained ingredients linked to cancer.
One nail polish brand popular with teens and used widely in nail salons, OPI Products, uses multiple ingredients known or suspected to cause cancer or birth defects, including formaldehyde, toluene and dibutyl phthalate (DBP).