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1) Congressional Staff Briefing: Toxic Beauty: Salon Workers' Exposure to Dangerous Chemicals
Wednesday May 18, 2011
2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Washington, DC
in HCV 200
Sponsor: National Healthy Nail Salon Alliance, Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum and Women's Voices for the Earth, in cooperation with the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus
Speakers include Jamie Silberberger, director of Programs & Policy for Women's Voices for the Earth; Michael DiBartolomeis, PhD; Thu Quach, PhD, research scientist with Cancer Prevention Institute of California and the California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative; Ty Nguyen, licensed cosmetologist and nail salon worker; Van Nguyen, licensed cosmetologist and nail salon owner; and Safiyyah Edley, stylist with Luvmikinks in Los Angeles.
Price: free
Contact: Randi Moore, 202-587-2861 or rmoore@rabengroup.com
