New Delhi, June 3 -- Beauty must not have a price, especially one's health but increasingly, there is research, public concern and discussion around whether there is evidence of a particular ingredient in cosmetology that festers cancer. Again, the evidence base is tangled and frequently creates as many puzzles as it unravels but continued enquiries into chemicals such as parabens and talc, among others, compel our interest.

In an interview with HT Lifestyle, Dr Sandeep Muzumder, Consultant Radiation Oncology at Apollo Cancer Centre in Bhubaneswar, shared, "Parabens, common cosmetic preservatives inhibiting microbial growth, have come under fire because of their estrogen-mimicking activity. Various studies have proposed a connection betw...