In a National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health study conducted by Syracuse Research Corporation, Report No. Liver damage is also cited. But anything can be affected, even diet and a personal intolerance for different foods. There are two major ways in which cosmetics and their chemical constituents can affect the body. One is through direct contact.
Inhalation is the other major route for molecules of an active substance to enter the blood stream.
It is the way, for instance, that inhaled cocaine has an effect on the brain. Toluene not only triggers asthma attacks - it is known to cause asthma in previously healthy people. Women and those over 65 suffer the highest death rate for asthma. There is no pre-clearing of chemicals with any agency. No person shall discharge from any source whatsoever such quantities of air contaminants or other material which cause injury, detriment, nuisance or annoyance to a considerable number of persons or to the public, or which endanger the comfort, repose, health or safety of any such persons or the public, or which cause, or have a natural tendency to cause, injury or damage to business or property.