Toxic Effect of Heavy Metals In Cosmetic Products And Health Concern : A Review

Growing demand of cosmetic products all over the world from teen to adult has increased awareness related to safety issue. The objective of this paper is to indicate the heavy metal that possess toxicological effect that can be found in cosmetic products. This paper also highlighted the health risk possess by such heavy metal in the cosmetic products. It is suggested that consumer aware over the toxic heavy metals used in their cosmetic and personal care products and the side effects it possess. Heavy metals toxicity to humans can result from long term exposure to consumer products such as the cosmetics and toiletries .It is obvious from the present study that the use of these cosmetic products exposes users to low concentration of toxic heavy metals which could constitute potential health risk to users due to accumulate in the biological system overtime .The purpose of this paper is to indicate appropriate toxicological effect of heavy metals in cosmetic products .The focus is on the heavy metals with known significant toxicological properties : Lead , Arsenic , Cadmium , Mercury , nickel , almunium