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Laurie Foster laurie.foster@kingcounty.gov

Reducing Chemical Exposures in Nail Salon Healthy Nail Salon Project. Laurie Foster laurie.foster@kingcounty.gov. Multiple exposures No ventilation Limited regulations to protect workers Linguistic barriers to intervention Limited $ to improve. Why Healthy Nail Salon Project? .

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Laurie Foster laurie.foster@kingcounty.gov

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  1. Reducing Chemical Exposures in Nail Salon Healthy Nail Salon Project Laurie Foster laurie.foster@kingcounty.gov

  2. Multiple exposures No ventilation Limited regulations to protect workers Linguistic barriers to intervention Limited $ to improve Why Healthy Nail Salon Project?

  3. ~80% Vietnamese salons 95% are women Average age 38 Child bearing age Why Healthy Nail Salon Project?

  4. Workshops, Salon Visits & Community Events Workshops Vietnamese/English Outreach Community Out reach Tet Festival

  5. Voucher Program = $$Reimburse 50% up to $500 • Glasses, gloves & N-95 masks • Storage containers • 3-Free Nail polish Site visit required 3-Free Polish = No Formaldehyde, Toluene or Phthalates

  6. Video Shows Benefits of using Ventilation Video Exposure Monitoring Air Photo-ionization detector LEV – on / off Video synchronized with PID signal Acetone reduced • 826 PPM to • 11 PPM

  7. Testing Local Ventilation • Testing • Filters longevity, noise • Effectiveness, usability • Publish study • Nails Magazine promotion • 717,652 distribution • 60,000 VietSALON

  8. LHWMP Nail Salon Project Goals • Bilingual outreach • Encourage safer products • Improve indoor air quality • Keep containers closed • Ventilation • More wearing gloves • Collaborate with other Healthy Nail Salon programs • Provide financial incentive • Recognition program

  9. Healthy Nail Salon Program Website Video – Vietnamese and English Workshop slide shows Brochures – Vietnamese and English Vietnamese workshop slide shows laurie.foster@kingcounty.gov or (206) 263-3061 http://www.lhwmp.org/home/health/nail-salons.aspx

  10. Acknowledgement • Dr. Marty Cohen, UW Field Research • Chantrelle Johanson, UW DEOHS Masters Student • Tim O’Leary, Videographer, LHWMP • Mary Rabourn, Communications Team • Sharon Schoenfeld-Cohen, Nail Salon, LHWMP • Victoria Luu, Sense Nail Spa, Shoreline, WA • Dr. Steve Whittaker, Research Team, LHWMP

  11. Healthy Nail Salon Project Team Sharon Schoenfeld-Cohen Laurie Foster Tammy Dang

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