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Beauty Just Got Healthier Healthy Nail Salon Project Laurie Foster laurie.foster@kingcounty.gov
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2012
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Healthy Nail Salon Project Collaborated with other programs Workshops, at salons & schools Built relationship with product vendors & regulators Visit nail salons with Vietnamese interpreter – Photo-based brochures (Vietnamese & English) – Samples of PPE and storage containers – Voucher incentive program Reward use of safer chemicals
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Photo based brochures
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Local exhaust ventilation required in Washington State nail salons since July 2007 Ventilation at each table 1.Pulls chemicals and dust away from technicians and clients 2.Collects dust in a filter 3.Exhausts chemicals outside New salons and remodeled salons Mechanical Ventilation: Washington Administrative Code: WAC 51-52-0403
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Salons older than 2007 may use a ventilation machine 1.Pulls chemicals and dust away from technicians and clients 2.Collects dust in a filter 3.Collects chemicals in a filter
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Certified Healthy Nail Salons
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Voucher Program = $$ Reimburse 50% up to $500 Site visit required $ Glasses, gloves & N95 masks $ Storage containers $ 3-Free Nail polish $ Local exhaust ventilation 3-Free Polish = No Formaldehyde, Toluene or dibutyl phthalate
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What can you do in your state? Local ordinances to require safer chemicals Adopt code to require local exhaust ventilation Start a Healthy Nail Salon Recognition Program Work with salon product vendors Dept. of Licensing Cosmetology – Attend board meetings to develop relationships – Present about salons issues – Change administrative codes
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Collaborate To join the Alliance: http://www.cahealthynailsalons.org/what-we-do/movement-building/
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Healthy Nail Salon Program Webpages Videos – Vietnamese and English Training slide shows Brochures – Vietnamese and English www.hazwastehelp.org/health/nail-salons.aspx laurie.foster@kingcounty.govlaurie.foster@kingcounty.gov or (206) 263-1652
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