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I'm Chris Smith and today the cosmetics that are linked to cancers, how our pursuit of the perfect

aesthetic can place us at risk of developing a

malignancy. We'll hear about worrying claims concerning tattoos, tanning parlors,

breast implants and talc. From Cambridge University's Institute of Continuing Education, this is the

Naked Scientists. Human pursuit of body perfection and ideal aesthetics means that we're increasingly

resorting to cosmetic interventions to achieve

the look we're after.

Some studies suggest that the breast implant market is growing at 7% a year, and for the

tattoo industry, it's more like 10%. a bronzing and we all like to smell nice with a dose of deodorant and a dab of talc.

But the evidence is mounting that at least some of these cosmetic and hygiene enhancements

might come with a hidden health cost.

Many have never been subject to proper rigorous clinical appraisals of all of the chemicals they contain,

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