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San Francisco’s 'Healthy Nail Salon' recognition program highlights safer products, training and ventilation
Summary
Department staff described a Healthy Nail Salon recognition program that promotes polishes free of formaldehyde, toluene and dibutyl phthalate, provides free ventilation units and training, and markets participating salons; staff said about 25 of ~250 local salons are currently recognized and 5–10 more are in the pipeline.
At the Commission on the Environment meeting May 26, Department staff presented the city’s Healthy Nail Salon recognition program aimed at reducing technician and customer exposure to hazardous nail products.
Anya Deepak, Commercial Toxics Reduction Associate, described the program’s core standards: use of polishes free of the so‑called “toxic trio” — formaldehyde, toluene and…
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