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Workplace Health Saf

Title:		Laboratory Estimation of Occupational Exposures to Volatile Organic Compounds During Nail Polish Application
Author(s):		Heaton T; Hurst LK; Amiri A; Lungu CT; Oh J;
Address:		1 University of Wisconsin-Madison. 2 Georgia Power Company. 3 The University of Alabama in Huntsville. 4 The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Journal Title:		Workplace Health Saf
Year:		2019
Volume:		20190107
Issue:		6
Page Number:		288 - 293
DOI:		10.1177/2165079918821701
ISSN/ISBN:		2165-0969 (Electronic) 2165-0799 (Linking)
Abstract:		"In the United States, there are more than 120,000 nail salons in which workers could be potentially exposed to a number of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) used in various procedures. Measuring workers exposure in the field is time-consuming and could be very expensive. The purpose of this study was to estimate the VOC levels in the proximity of workers in nail salons through simulating the application process of some popular nail polishes in a laboratory chamber. The worst-case scenario was defined as a worker's exposure during nail polish application to one set of fingernails every 15 minutes for an 8-hour shift (total nail sets = 32). Nail polish was applied on paper plates in a flow-controlled test chamber. Air was sampled during the application of five different nail polishes for 8 hours using passive air samplers and the experiment was triplicated. Passive samplers were used for VOCs and formaldehyde. In this worst-case scenario setting, a total of 17 VOCs were detected, with eight that were found in all the samples. The mean concentration of butyl acetate (161-330 ppm, parts per million) and ethyl acetate (440 ppm) exceeded the threshold limit value (TLV) of 150 ppm and 400 ppm, respectively. Formaldehyde was analyzed separately and the mean concentrations exceeded the TLV of 0.10 ppm in all types of nail polish, ranging from 0.12 ppm to 0.22 ppm. Occupational safety and health professionals could use these data to increase awareness of workers' potential exposure to high levels of VOCs in nail salons and recommend practical measures to reduce potential exposures"
Keywords:		Air Pollutants/adverse effects/analysis Beauty Culture/statistics & numerical data Formaldehyde/administration & dosage/adverse effects Humans Industrial Oils/*adverse effects Nails/chemistry Occupational Exposure/*statistics & numerical data United State;
Notes:		"MedlineHeaton, Tasha Hurst, Laura K Amiri, Azita Lungu, Claudiu T Oh, Jonghwa eng T42 OH008436/OH/NIOSH CDC HHS/ 2019/01/08 Workplace Health Saf. 2019 Jun; 67(6):288-293. doi: 10.1177/2165079918821701. Epub 2019 Jan 7"