New National Health Nail Salon Alliance Launched
The National Healthy Nail Salon Alliance is pleased to introduce to you our new website! The new website serves as a clearinghouse of information related to nail salon worker safety, a way to publicize our membership and featured press coverage, and allows us to advertise the work we do to reach a broader audience. We hope you find it to be a valuable resource!
We also wanted to take the opportunity to encourage you, if you haven’t already done so, to join the Alliance as a member. Information about joining, as well as membership agreement forms, can be found here. Please note that there are two possible agreements to sign: as a member and as an ally. Government agencies and industry representatives are eligible to join the Alliance as allies; all other groups may join as full members.
Some of the Alliance’s accomplishments in recent years include:
· Released a report, Phasing Out the Toxic Trio, in English and Vietnamese, which is a survey of nail product manufacturers and their use of toluene, DBP, and formaldehyde in their products.
· Released a wallet card that women can take to salons to ask for “toxic three-free” polishes;
· Published articles about worker exposure in nail salons in Women and Environments International Journal and in SisterSong’s newsletter, Collective Voices.
· Convened several national calls to bring concerned groups, advocates, researchers and allies in government agencies together and strategize next steps;
· Held a groundbreaking research-focused convening in Oakland, CA with over 120 scientists, researchers, community based organizations, government agencies, policy makers, industry members, nail salon workers and owners, and advocates, to jointly develop a proactive research agenda for the nail salon and cosmetology sectors.
Please take a moment to check out the website!
Warmly,
The National Healthy Nail Salon Alliance
Co-convened by:
California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative
National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum
Women’s Voices for the Earth
We also wanted to take the opportunity to encourage you, if you haven’t already done so, to join the Alliance as a member. Information about joining, as well as membership agreement forms, can be found here. Please note that there are two possible agreements to sign: as a member and as an ally. Government agencies and industry representatives are eligible to join the Alliance as allies; all other groups may join as full members.
Some of the Alliance’s accomplishments in recent years include:
· Released a report, Phasing Out the Toxic Trio, in English and Vietnamese, which is a survey of nail product manufacturers and their use of toluene, DBP, and formaldehyde in their products.
· Released a wallet card that women can take to salons to ask for “toxic three-free” polishes;
· Published articles about worker exposure in nail salons in Women and Environments International Journal and in SisterSong’s newsletter, Collective Voices.
· Convened several national calls to bring concerned groups, advocates, researchers and allies in government agencies together and strategize next steps;
· Held a groundbreaking research-focused convening in Oakland, CA with over 120 scientists, researchers, community based organizations, government agencies, policy makers, industry members, nail salon workers and owners, and advocates, to jointly develop a proactive research agenda for the nail salon and cosmetology sectors.
Please take a moment to check out the website!
Warmly,
The National Healthy Nail Salon Alliance
Co-convened by:
California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative
National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum
Women’s Voices for the Earth
Labels: health, safe cosmetics
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At 08 March, 2010 07:28,
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