The California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative’s mission is to advance a preventive environmental health agenda to assure the health and safety of the nail and beauty salon communities.

News and Events

• December 2009 – A new report by our friends at Women’s Voices for the Earth, called Disinfectant Overkill, exposes the links between the overuse of disinfectant chemicals and serious health impacts such as asthma, immune system problems, hormone imbalance, and potential reduced fertility. Click here to download a copy!

• August 2009 – Our nail salon education allies in Seattle, WA have updated their health education brochure. It’s available in English or Vietnamese.

• June 2009 – “Phasing Out the Toxic Trio” has been released by the National Healthy Nail Salon Alliance! Click here to download in English and Vietnamese

• June 2009 – Presentations from the April Salon Convening “Creating a Research Agenda to Advance Worker Health and Safety in the Nail Salon and Cosmetology Communities” have been posted! Click here to download.

Orange County Community Meeting Oct 5, 2008. Photographer: Wendy Chang