Environmentalists Bash California’s SCP Listing Plan For Nail Products

Environmental and public-health groups are attacking a California toxics department plan to list nail products containing toluene as a “priority product” under its green chemistry program, arguing the use of an industry-backed “alternatives analysis threshold” (AAT) will expose too many salon employees to unsafe levels of the chemical. “Since toluene can be harmful even at very low air concentrations and nail salon technicians work long hours handling many chemical products, toluene concentrations in products must be minimized to the fullest...