The chemicals in nail products put nail salon workers at risk for cancer and other illnesses. Angie Chung/Flickr Lupita D. Montoya, University of Colorado Boulder and Aaron Lamplugh, University of Colorado Boulder Anyone who has walked past a nail salon is familiar with the noxious odors that emanate from acrylic nails, polishes and removers. Customers … [Read more...] about Nail salon workers suffer chemical exposures that can be like working at a garage or a refinery
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Toronto School District Scent Awareness Program
From the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) in Canada: "Scented products have an impact on everyone. For most people, perfumed, scented or fragrant products are enjoyed, but for those who have asthma, allergies or environmental sensitivities, exposure can result in illness, absence from work and even hospitalisation. We want the Toronto District School Board to be a clean … [Read more...] about Toronto School District Scent Awareness Program
A Short Story About Dirty Fucking Balls
In Melbourne's, the Age, newspaper, today, the article: Sexism Dovetails with Hypocrisy, by Nina Funnell and Dannielle Miller, attempts to shed light on more than just Unilever's moronic sexist advertising: "Remember that Dove campaign featuring women of all different shapes, colours and sizes standing around in their knickers supposedly taking on beauty stereotypes? Well, … [Read more...] about A Short Story About Dirty Fucking Balls
Take off your bra!
Okay, I'm having a terrible day, all because I drove my daughter to school this morning. (We usually leave at 8.00 am to avoid the traffic but today we were running late and left at 8.20 am, and had to crawl our way through the backstreets, and noxious traffic fumes that stung my eyes and nostrils like the fumes from caustic soda.) And now I'm sitting, writing this, with a … [Read more...] about Take off your bra!
Ouch! When going to work becomes a headache
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