As the number of nail salons in Canada grows, so does the number of salon technicians exposed to a variety of chemicals causing respiratory and dermatological problems, cancer, and birth defects. It’s an issue that particularly affects the women who work there, and to a lesser degree the customers the salons serve.
As the issue gains more prominence, researchers are hoping legislators will step in with legislation controlling such things as ventilation in the salons, and instituting precautionary principles in controlling certain dangerous chemicals.
RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda spoke with Anne Rochon Ford who reviewed some of the research that’s been done on health and safety in nail salons. She is a Research Associate at York University’s National Network on Environments and Women’s Health in Toronto.Listen
National Network on Environments and Women’s Health – Nail Salon Workers in the City of Toronto and the GTA: A Seed Project on Chemical Exposures – here