Industry/Sector: Personal Care Products
TURI provides grants to academic researchers to support efforts to find and develop safer alternatives to harmful chemicals.
TURI provides grants to academic researchers to support efforts to find and develop safer alternatives to harmful chemicals.
TURI offers grants to help Massachusetts businesses adopt safer alternatives to toxic chemicals.
Tim Little is co-founder & Executive Director of the
Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment,
a grantmaking public charity dedicated to the positive
interlock between environmental protection, a healthy
economy and livable communities
New Ecology and its partners searched for and reviewed nail salon products with potential to serve as
alternatives to those commonly used in salons today. Our aim is to assist Vietnamese nail salons to
decrease their use of toxics while maintaining and even improving market competitiveness.
A look at the health hazards associated with toxic
exposure in nail salons and recommendations for
improving conditions for nail salon employees and
customers.
This document could not have been developed without the vital partnerships we
established with our pilot nail salons and many individuals and organizations from the
Asian-American communities in Houston, Texas, as well as federal, state, and local
government agencies that lent their time and expertise.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture hosted TURI’s community grantees for an online legislative briefing and recognition event. Massachusetts communities are working to reduce the use of toxic chemicals in firefighting gear, personal care products, cleaning and more.