FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

September 30, 2008

Contacts:
Tammy Tran Van Le Tammy Peng
Sen. Lou Correa’s office OCAPICA Asian Pacific American Legal Center
714-558-4400 714-636-909552 714-530-9155

MEDIA ADVISORY
Nail Salon Owners & Workers to Dialogue With
BBC, Cal-OSHA and CA Labor Commission
About Workplace Issues

WHO: Orange County and Southern California nail salon owners and workers and State Sen. Lou Correa,
together with the California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative, will hold a community forum with
participation from the Board of Barbering and Cosmetology (BBC), the state Labor Commission
and the California Occupational Safety & Health Agency (Cal-OSHA)

WHAT: Orange County’s first-ever townhall that brings together the Vietnamese nail salon stakeholders and
state agencies that regulate the industry to discuss relevant health and safety, education and
compliance issues, and agencies’ respective inspection, citation and appeal process, and ways to
help the stakeholders better comply with relevant rules and regulations. The townhall will include
testimony from nail salon owners and workers and presentations from BBC, Cal-OSHA, California
Labor Commission and the California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative. Translation will be
available in English and Vietnamese.

WHEN: Sunday, October 5, 2008, 1:30 p.m. – 4 p.m.

WHERE: Coastline Community College, Le-Jao Center

14120 All American Way
Westminster, CA 92683

WHY: To engage BBC, Cal-OSHA and California Labor Commission around ways to improve the
regulatory process, such as expanding language access for the majority Vietnamese worker
population and implementing appropriate policies that protect the health and safety of the nail salon
workers and to inform the nail salon community about important health and safety information
based on growing concerns that nail care products contain many toxic and carcinogenic chemicals.

The California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative is a statewide coalition of public health and environmental
advocates, nail salon workers and owners, community-based organizations, educational institutions and allies in
government agencies. The Collaborative’s mission is to advance a preventive environmental health agenda to
assure the health and safety of the nail and beauty salon communities.
The Collaborative includes members from:
Alameda County Public Health Nursing, Asian Advocacy Project of Community Action Marin, Asian Americans for Civil Rights &
Equality, Asian Communities for Reproductive Justice, Asian Health Services, Asian Law Caucus, Asian & Pacific Islander American
Health Forum, Asian Pacific American Legal Center, Bay Area Nail Salon Owners & Workers, Breast Cancer Action, Breast Cancer
Fund, CA Department of Public Health, HESIS, Center for Environmental Health, Environmental Finance Center Region 9, National
Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum CA Chapter, Northern California Cancer Center, Orange County Asian Pacific Islander
Community Alliance, Planned Parenthood Golden Gate, Physicians for Social Responsibility L.A., United Food & Commercial Workers
Local 5, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 9, Women’s Voices of the Earth.

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