Chemicals Found in Nail Salons Pose Risks to Employees and Customers
By Mike Gunion, President & CEO - AspenAir
People love to be pampered from time to time and it occurred to me that simple pleasures are sometimes not so simple. For example, today I read an article about nail salons, indicating that there are over 375,000 nail technicians working in over 57,000 salons across the country. That is a tremendous industry, and one with real air quality issues, as the article goes on to describe. There are indications that the indoor air quality is possibly dangerous in many of these salons, presenting health risks to workers and customers alike. For example, researchers at the Cancer Institute of California found toluene and other dangerous chemicals such as methyl-methacrylate in nail salon air. The Safe Cosmetics Act was recently introduced in the 110th Congress called for a phase out of salon chemicals linked to cancer or birth defects. Unfortunately, it never passed. Perhaps salon owners should consider air purification equipment such as AspenAir. It might be good for business. It would certainly be good for salon workers and their customers. Sometimes even life’s simplest pleasures aren’t so simple. Click here for full article.
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