Reports

• Characterization of Formaldehyde Exposure Resulting from the Use of Four Professional Hair Straightening Products
  by ChemRisk, in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 8: 686-689
  
  
• New Study Shows Hidden Formalehyde in More Hair Straightening Products
  by the National Healthy Nail and Beauty Salon Alliance

• Reducing Environmental Cancer Risk: What We Can Do Now
  by President's Cancer Panel, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

• Framing a Proactive Research Agenda to Advance Worker Health and Safety in the Nail Salon and Cosmetology Communities
  by California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative

• Overexposed & Underinformed: Dismantling Bariers to Health and Safety in California Nail Salons
  by California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative

• Language Access Issue Brief
  by Asian Law Caucus & Asian Americans for Civil Rights & Equality

• The Nail Salon Industry: The Impact of Environmental Toxins on API Women’s Reproductive Health Issue Brief
  by National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum

• Methods for Investigating Odor Complaints Due to Nail Salons
  by MA Dept of Health

• Protecting the Health of Nail Salon Workers
  by Environmental Protection Agency

• Glossed Over: Health Hazards Associated with Toxic Exposure in Nail Salons
  by Women's Voices for the Earth

• Toxicity, Safety and Performance Evaluation of Alternative Nail Products
  by Vietnamese Healthy Nail Salon Initiative

• Beauty Secrets: Does a Common Chemical in Nail Polish Pose Risks to Human Health?
  by Environmental Working Group       

• An Outdoor Health Risk Assessment of Emissions from Nail Salons
  by California Environmental Protection Agency Air Resources Board

*Please note we are currently updating this report.

FACTSHEETS

• New York Nail Salon Workers' Rights Factsheet
  by American Civil Liberties Union

• New York Nail Salon Workers' Rights Factsheet - English, Korean, Chinese, and Spanish
  by American Civil Liberties Union

• California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative Factsheet
  

• Tips for Protecting Your Health in a Nail Salon
  by Asian Law Caucus

• Health and Safety Fact in the Nail Salon Industry 
  by Asian Law Caucus

• Indoor Air Quality and Artificial Nails
  by Massachusetts Division of Occupational Safety

• Indoor Air Quality and Artificial Nails - Brochure
  by Massachusetts Division of Occupational Safety

• Artificial Fingernails and Indoor Air Quality (Vietnamese)
  by Massachusetts Division of Occupational Safety

• Artificial Fingernail Products: A HESIS Guide to Chemical Exposures in the Nail Salon
  by California Hazard Evaluation System and Information Service (HESIS)

• Methyl Methacrylate (MMA)
  by California Hazard Evaluation System and Information Service (HESIS)

• I’m Pregnant…..How can I Protect Myself and my Pregnancy if I Keep my Job at the Nail Salon?
  by University of Connecticut Health Center

• Can my Pregnant Patient Keep her Job at the Nail Salon? Fact Sheet for Physicians
  by University of Connecticut Health Center

• Healthy Air: A Community and Business Leaders Guide Owner/Operator Information Sheet:  Reducing Air Pollution from Nail Salons
  by US Environmental Protection Agency

• Community Information Sheet:  Reducing Air Pollution from Nail Salons
  by US Environmental Protection Agency

• Safety in Nail Salons Factsheet
  by Lab Safety Supply Inc.

• Promoting Safer Nail Salons in Massachusetts
  by Massachusetts Healthy Cosmetology Committee

• Occupational Hazards in Nail Salons
  by Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers Inc (OHCOW)

• How to Handle Nail Salon Waste in King County
  by King County Hazardous Waste Mgmt. Program

• Ventilation in Nail Salons
  by Massachusetts Division of Occupational Safety

• Worker Dust and Vapor Exposure in Nail Salons: Control of Acrylic Nail Emissions
  by Connecticut Department of Public Health

• Silica Exposure in Artificial Nail Application Salons
  by Illinois Department of Public Health

• Product and Ingredient Safety: Nail Products
  by the Food and Drug Administration

• Healthy Hair Care and the Environment
  by the Environmental Protection Agency

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

Bibliographies:

• Compilation of Research on Occupational Exposure to Chemicals in Nail Salons
  Produced by the National Healthy Nail Salon Alliance

Ongoing Research:

• California Breast Cancer Research Program: Research Profile Breast Cancer Risk Profile of Vietnamese Nail Salon Workers

• National Congress of Vietnamese Americans: Research Profile Vietnamese Women in the Nail Salon Industry

• Asian Communities for Reproductive Justice Participatory research, Organizing and Leadership Initiative for Safety and Health (POLISH)

Case Studies:

• Boston Manicurist - Case Study

• Boston Manicurist - Case Study  (Vietnamese)

• Tina and Angela's Nail Salon, Springdale, Ohio

• HETA 92-128-2241, July 1992
  National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

• Haute Nails, Norman, Oklahoma

• HETA 90-048-2253, September 1992
  National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

• The Grand Experience Beauty Salon, Chicago, Illinois.

• HETA 97–0153. June 1997
  National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

POLICY DOCUMENTS:

• Comments to OSHA in Support of Regulations that Protect Nail Salon Worker Health and Safety
  by National Healthy Nail Salon Alliance

TRAININGS:

• Nail Salon Training- A Virtual Tour of Hazards and Inspection Opportunities
  by Toxics Use Reduction Institute -  coming soon
  
  

OTHER RESOURCES:

• Safe Nails Anti-Cootie Catcher
  by Boston Public Health Commission
  
  
• Does Your Favorite Polish Contain Toxic Chemicals? 
  by the National Healthy Nail and Beauty Salon Alliance