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Healthy Nail Salons
Helping nail salon owners and technicians create a safe workplace.
 Laurie Foster 206-263-3061 (English) Tammy Dang 206-390-2546 (Vietnamese & English) |
 Watch a video that shows how using a ventilation device reduces chemical exposure in a nail salon.  Order a DVD/copy of the English or Vietnamese video or call Laurie at 206-263-3061. Những thực hành lành mạnh cho tiệm móng tay Xem một đoạn video cho thấy làm thế nào để sử dụng một thiết bị thông gió làm giảm nồng độ dung môi trong một tiệm móng tay Tổng quát về các bước thực hành làm giảm tối đa sự tiếp xúc với các hóa chất từ các sản phẩm chăm sóc móng và với vi khuẩn từ các dụng cụ chăm sóc móng cho cả nhân viên và khách hàng |
Most nail care products contain chemicals that can be harmful to nail salon workers. Our workshops and salon visits show technicians how to reduce their chemical exposures.
Our outreach is in Vietnamese and English.
We provide information on:
- Financial help for nail salons to buy safety glasses, gloves, masks safer chemicals and safe storage containers.
- Chemical use.
- Safer products.
- Ventilation.
- Safer work practices.
- Chemical storage and disposal.
Workshop Slide Shows and Notes
| Overview of Nail Salon Issues | |
| Reducing Chemical Exposures in Nail Salons (English) (PDF, 2 MB) | |
| Reducing Chemical Exposures in Nail Salons (Notes Included) (English) (PDF, 2 MB) | |
| Ventilation | |
| Reducing Chemical Exposures in Nail Salons – Ventilation (English) (PDF, 2 MB) | |
| Reducing Chemical Exposures in Nail Salons – Ventilation (Notes Included) (English) (PDF, 2 MB) | |
| Footspas | |
| How to Clean Foot Spas (English) (PDF, 2 MB) | |
| (The Vietnamese versions of the Workshops will be available soon.) | |
| Poster for Community Outreach Events – Health and Safety Information: Nail Salon Technicians, Friends and Families | |
| Health and Safety Poster for Nail Salons Vietnamese (PDF, 1 MB) | |
| Healthy and Safety Poster for Nail Salons, English (PDF, 1 MB) | |
| Brochures | |
| The "Vietnamese Healthy Nail Salon Project" (PDF, 1 MB) flyer describes the outreach program to salon owners and technicians about creating a safe workplace. It includes pictures of safer practices and techniques. The flyer is also available in Vietnamese (PDF, 1 MB). | |
| The "How to Handle Nail Salon Waste in King County" (PDF) fact sheet explains how to manage nail salon wastes such as nail polish remover, used cotton balls, and old nail polish. It also discusses how to reduce chemical exposures. The fact sheet is also available in Vietnamese (PDF). | |
| The Nail Polish Remover Waste Characterization (PDF, 2.6 MB) (external) report shows that acetone-soaked cotton balls do not designate as Washington State dangerous waste and can be disposed of in the garbage. | |
Recent Media (External links)
Ventilation - You are Now Entering the Breathing Zone (Nails Magazine, 2/13)
How Ventilation Reduces Solvents in Nail Salons (Nails Magazine, 11/21/12)
King County project teaches nail-salon techs about job’s dangers (Seattle Times, 8/06/2012)
Lower your exposure to salon chemicals (English) (Nails Magazine, 8/23/12)
Lower your exposure to salon chemicals (Vietnamese) (Viet Nail Magazine July/August, 2012) (PDF 2MB)
Partnering Organizations (External links)
Boston Public Health Healthy Nail Salon Program - (Workshop materials)
California Department of Toxic Substances Control - (Safer Nail Polish Review, April, 2012)
Campaign for Safe Cosmetics
Environmental Coalition of South Seattle, (ECOSS) Vietnamese Healthy Nail Salon Project - (A partnership between nail salons, ECOSS, and the Local Hazardous Waste Management Program in King County.)
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10
National Healthy Nail and Beauty Salon Alliance
Occupational Safety & Health Administration - Health Hazards in Nail Salons
Oregon Collaborative for Healthy Nail Salons (OCHNS)
San Francisco Department of Environment, Healthy Nail Salon Recognition Program
Washington State Department of Licensing, Cosmetologists (Nail Salons) - (Salon safety and sanitation guidelines, disciplinary actions from safety violations, Laws and Rules)
