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Nail professionals, other salon employees, salon clients, local residents and area workers are subject to a host of chemicals from nail care products at salons. There are a number of noxious fumes in the polish, remover, varnish and adhesives commonly used at beauty salons. Chemicals that are used in nail care products include, but are not limited to, toluene and formaldehyde, which the federal Occupational Safety & Health Administration classifies as carcinogens. www.eany.org/ Artificial fingernail products are made from many chemicals, but the main one in most of these products is ethyl methacrylate (EMA). In 1974 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration outlawed a similar chemical, methyl methacrylate (MMA), used in fingernail products. MMA was proven harmful to nail technicians and customers. However, both MMA and EMA can cause contact dermatitis, asthma, and allergies in the eyes and noseCall problems that nail technicians know about. www.cdc.gov/ |
