Laurie Fosterlaurie.foster@kingcounty.gov

The Air She BreathesHealthy Nail Salon Recognition Programs

Improve Air Quality

6/25/14 NAHMMA

Chemicals used – no oversight

• Nail polish with– Formaldehyde – Dibutyl Phthalate– Toluene

• MEK (in removers & thinners)• Ethyl & Methyl Methacrylate (acrylic nails)• Methacrylic acid (primer)

Who regulates cosmetics to protect nail tech’s health?

• FDA doesn’t test, review or approve cosmetics.

• Cosmetics companies self-regulated– Cosmetic Ingredient Review Board

• WA Labor & Industries complaint by public or employee

• 400 + salons – King Co

• 80% Vietnamese – King Co

– WA is the 3rd highest in USA

• 95% women of child bearing age

• Language barrier

• Work 6-7 days a week

High impact on Vietnamese community

Practices that increase exposure

• Inadequate ventilation • 10% no ventilation

• Soak gels & acrylics in solvents• No lids on chemicals • Open waste cans = acetone

vapors • No PPE or used improperly

Acetone

Vietnamese-English Outreach

Community Out reachTet Festival

Vietnamese/English Outreach

LHWMP Nail Salon Project Goals Met

Bilingual outreachEncourage safer products Improve indoor air quality

Keep containers closedMore wearing gloves Collaborate with other

Healthy Nail Salon programs

Provide financial incentiveRecognition program

Safer polishesVentilation

Healthy Nail Salon Recognition Program

Goal: To create a safe working environment for King County Nail Salon Workers by rewarding nail salon businesses who safely handle, store and dispose of salon chemicals, improve ventilation and transition to safer alternative products.

Healthy Nail Salon Program

Marketing and promotional benefits

• Use of EnviroStars logo, decal• Listed in directories and websites• Radio and print advertisements• Success stories, award nominations• Events, exhibits, ceremonies • Special promotions - TV• Facebook and other social media• More customers

Healthy Nail Salon

Recognition Program

Beauty Just Got Healthier!!

Healthy Nail Salon Programin King County

Healthier Nail Salons for you and the Environment

5 New Clients!

My Nail Salon & Spa - Bellevue

Salon owner and client

Certificate & Award

How much are customers willing to pay?

2012 Study from San Mateo County

• Use safer products & have MSDS/SDS for all products

• Handle, store and dispose of chemicals properly

• Local ventilation at each nail station

• Train all staff yearly on safe chemical handling

• No sanitation violations from DOL - Cosmetology

• No violations from Ecology

• Recycle paper, plastic, cardboard, & reduce waste

The basics - how nail salons qualify

Use safer products

MSDS for each product

Use 3-free polish

Use nail polish* without toluene, formaldehyde or dibutyl phthalates (DBP)

*Use 3-free color coat, base coat and top coat.

Top Coat with dibutyl phthalate & toluene

Some 3-Free Polishes

See California healthy nail salon COLLABORATIVE brochure for more 3-free polishes

Use safer nail polish removers

• Use polish removers that are acetone* based

• Don’t use polish removers that contain methyl ethyl ketone (MEK)*

*Other name for MEK: 2-Butanone*Other names for Acetone: 2-propanone; dimethyl ketone

Avoid using polish thinners or:

• Use polish thinners without toluene or MEK (methyl ethyl ketone)

• Read labels

Contains Toluene

Use “acid free” primers

• Avoid breathing the vapors.– Use primers in a well-ventilated

area.

• Don’t use primers or use primers labeled “acid free.”

• Primers labeled “acid free” may also contain chemicals that can burn your skin.

• Wear safety gloves & glasses

Acid-Free Primer

Use liquid EMA not MMA• MMA is more hazardous to your health than

EMA.• MMA is harder to apply & remove.• MMA can damage client’s nails when removed.• EMA is also hazardous to your health. Wear

safety glasses & gloves when using the liquid & EMA & MMA powders.

Contains methyl methacrylate Contains ethyl methacrylate

Keep containers closed

.

Use bottles like these that don’t leak.

Close chemicals after using them.

Acetone + Cotton Ball Store in Metal Cans + Lid

Proper Storage of Nail Salon Chemicals

Flammables

AcetonePolish thinner EMA & MMA*Isopropyl alcoholSome disinfectants(Mar-V-Cide, Barbicide)

*Ethyl Methacrylate and Methyl Methacrylate

Don’t store these

chemicals together

Bleach

Throat & skin irritant

Methacrylic acid (nail primer/prep)

Burn skinIrritates lungs & throat

This information courtesy of the Local Hazardous WasteManagement Program in King County, Washington.

Callus & Cuticle Remover (sodium & potassium hydroxide), Ammonia

Burn skinIrritates lungs & throat (Caustic)

Callus Remover

Disinfectant

Proper Storage of Nail Salon Chemicals

Flammables

AcetonePolish thinner EMA & MMA*Isopropyl alcoholDisinfectants (Mar-V-Cide, Barbicide)

*Ethyl Methacrylate and Methyl Methacrylate

Don’t store these

chemicals together

Bleach

Throat & skin irritant

Methacrylic acid (nail primer/prep)

Burns skinIrritates lungs & throat

This information courtesy of the Local Hazardous WasteManagement Program in King County, Washington.

Callus & Cuticle Remover (sodium or potassium hydroxide), Ammonia

Burns skinIrritates lungs & throat (Caustic)

• Chemicals within the same box can be stored together.

• Chemicals in separate boxes should not be stored together.

Callus Remover

Disinfectant

Recommended put plastic bottles of flammable liquids in flammable storage cabinet each night

FlammablesAcetonePolish thinner EMA & MMA*Isopropyl alcoholMar-V-Cide disinfectant

*Ethyl Methacrylate and Methyl Methacrylate

Local fire department is unlikely to require a cabinet

Why Label Containers?• Might use wrong chemical • DOL – Cosmetology requirement• Labor & Industries law•Globally Harmonized System

Used Acetone

Used acetone can’t be disposed into the sink, toilette or garbage.

Used Acetone

1. Use acetone once

2. Store in disposal container

3. Label: “Waste Acetone, Flammable”

4. Dispose at hazardous waste site

Hazardous Waste

• Used acetone = < 1 gallon year• Fluorescent tubes• Old nail polish

– Recycling options? No facilities permitted yet– Manage as hazardous waste

Free hazardous waste disposal

Free Disposal• Used acetone • Old nail polish• Old chemicals

Free disposal sites

• Auburn Wastemobile• Factoria HHW Drop-off Site • North Seattle HHW Facility • South Seattle HHW Facility • Regular Wastemobile (roving)

Washington Regulations

• Cotton balls + acetone = garbage (DOE & Fire Department) (not CA)1. Waste characterization some samples = HW2. Bioassay (No fish died)3. Department of Ecology approved4. Fire Department approved

• Our test results can be used to show “evidence that the persons” waste is very similar to another person's already designated dangerous waste” other salons do not have to test.

Recycle fluorescent tubes & bulbs

http://your.kingcounty.gov/solidwaste/takeitback/fluorescent/index.asp

Companies that recycle: Take it back Network

• Contains mercury• Cannot go into the garbage

Ventilation tables must exhaust to outside

WA building codes required since 7/2007

• For each work station• For new salons • For remodeled

salons*

*Contact your building code official in your city before building a new salon or before remodeling to find out how to comply with ventilation regulation. http://www.wabo.org/

May use portable ventilation for salons older than 2007*

• 10 pound+ charcoal filter• HEPA dust filter• Pulls chemicals & dust away from

techs

*Contact your building code official in your city before building a new salon or before remodeling to find out how to comply with ventilation regulation. http://www.wabo.org/

Use the hose close to hands

Local ventilation tested

UW – Department of Environment & Occupational Health Sciences tested• Noise• Effectiveness

• Dust• Vapors

Local Exhaust Ventilation Systems

Allerair Weller FT

Air ImpuritiesHealthy Air

Anatomy of a System

Inlet to system

Pre-filter

HEPA Filter

Activated Charcoal

Blower

Exhaust

Personal protective equipment

Required HNS personal protection

• Nitrile gloves for chemical handling including client treatments

• Safety glasses for filing dispenser bottles– Recommend glasses for all chemical handling

& client services

• N95 mask for vacuuming filing dust out of mechanical ventilation

• N95 masks for emptying the filing dust bin on ventilated tables

N95 mask

Use when cleaning out ventilation

Does not prevent you from inhaling chemical vapors

Use mechanical ventilation• For filing• For using acrylic powder

Ventilation pulls chemicals away from you

Safety glasses for filling bottles

Paper or cloth masks for germsNot chemical vapors or dust

Paper or cloth masks are used to protect clients from germs coughs & sneezes

Cloth masks don’t protect you from chemicals or dust

Use ventilation to pull dust and chemicals away from you

Required Inspection FormDOL - Cosmetology

Salons must have a recent inspection sheet without violations

• Ensures no sanitation issues• Salon is licensed• Techs are licensed

Additional requirements for leadership

• All staff wear safety glasses– Using liquid powders– Handling chemicals – Filing– Clipping nails

• Salon creates HNS promotions• Certified safer cleaning products• Ask suppliers to only sell 3-free polish

Train all staff

Owner can train, attend HNS training at salon or off site

Barriers to implementing Recognition Program

• More money for salon – (EMA vs MMA, 3-free polish $$$)

• More time for salon – too busy• Takes your time as an inspector 3-5 visits• Might feel threatened by government agency • Unaware of health issues or not concerned • Language barrier - no interpreter• Safer products may not work for them • Hazardous waste disposal inconvenient

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

Samples

Healthy Nail Salon Project Team

Tammy Dang Laurie Foster

Healthy Nail Salon Recognition materials via email & training

• Application – Vietnamese & English• Inspection sheet - English• Flip chart for self training (in usability phase)• Brochure – client• HNS workshop in August or September – get on my list

laurie.foster@kingcounty.gov

Healthy Nail Salon Program Webpages

Video – Vietnamese and EnglishWorkshop slide showsBrochures – Vietnamese and EnglishMSDS – general in VietnameseWaste characterization study – acetone + cotton balls

Vietnamese workshop slide shows laurie.foster@kingcounty.gov or (206) 263-3061

http://www.lhwmp.org/home/health/nail-salons.aspx

Acknowledgement

• San Francisco’s Department of Environment• California healthy nail salon COLLABORATIVE • Cancer Prevention Institute of CA• Asian Health Services• San Mateo County • UW – Department of Environment & Occupational

Health Sciences• Environmental Coalition of South Seattle