Cosmetic/pharma products may not necessarily be harmful, but most are at least USELESS. Also, way oversold. What could one expect in this consumer society.
If the Cr is the hexavalent form, it IS harmful.
Maybe I can help, then. What if the cosmetic companies that peddle in the women's care market skin exfolients that contain plastic? Yes, plastic. Goes down the drain, and causes plastics pollution. Not decomposable, gets into the ocean, and consumed by plankton, consumed by sardines, then we eat sardines. Hey, worse things happen, but thats pollution, people. Just depends on how much pollution. A good lawyer will show how much.