November 1, 2008
| Article
Ask yourself these nine questions to determine if your salon ventilation is adequate.
Keywords: air filtration air quality ventilation working safely
September 1, 2008
| Article
Medicool's new Mani-Vac vacuum system removes nail dust and debris from the work area while you file.
Keywords: air filtration air purification electric file safety electric files Medicool
May 1, 2008
| Article
With filing dust, clippings, aerosol sprays, chemicals, and vapors making their way around the salon environment, wearing contact lenses while working can be potentially hazardous.
Keywords: healthy working ventilation working safely
May 1, 2008
| Product
The first lead-free air purification product certified by both the EPA and the U.S. Department of Energy
Keywords: ventilation
May 1, 2008
| Article
The job of nail tech poses a few special challenges when it comes to your health. The good news is, little changes go a big way toward ensuring a long and healthy career.
Keywords: air quality ergonomics healthy working minimizing stress time management
February 1, 2008
| Article
Rid the air of nail dust, heavy odors and fumes with a Source-Capture system.
Keywords: Aerovex Systems air filtration air quality ventilation
September 6, 2006
| News
Devices marketed as air cleaners or air purifiers are not always good for your health, a report to the California Air Resources Board (ARB) recently stated.
Keywords: air quality ventilation
December 1, 2003
| Article
Good or bad, odor reveals little about salon air quality. Even if your salon rates "sweet" on the smell scale with employees or clients, depend on more reliable measures than your nose to rate your salon's air quality.
Keywords: air quality healthy working masks OSHA salon odors
October 1, 1998
| Article
Keywords: nail tech inventions ventilation
November 1, 1997
| Article
Artificial nail products are composed of various chemicals. The main ingredient for most artificial nail products is ethyl methacrylate (KMA). In 1974 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) banned a similar chemical, methyl methacrylate (MMA), for use in nail products because of its harmful effects during application. Despite the FDA ban, MMA is still found in trace amounts in some products.
Keywords: chemical safety local area exhaust NIOSH ventilation work-related injuries
February 1, 1994
| Article
Is the dust from filing on nails hazardous to your health? The experts don’t think so, and they suggest that technicians probably breathe far less dust than they think they do.
Keywords: product exposure ventilation
June 1, 1992
| Article
If the volume of mail we receive from mothers-to-be is a fair gauge, there is grousing concern among nail technicians that their health and livelihood may be at stake by working with salon chemicals.
Keywords: MSDS overexposure ventilation VOCs working while pregnant
July 1, 1988
| Article
The Protective Hood is easy to see through, with a replaceable face shield to keep vision clear
Keywords: ventilation
September 1, 1986
| Article
Colorado's Rule 11-A not specific enough and salon owners were uncomfortable with general terms such as "sufficiently."
Keywords: ventilation
September 1, 1986
| Article
Keywords: legislation ventilation
