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"We are alarmed by the results of this report," Julia Liou, co-founder of the California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative and a public health administrator for Asian Health Services, said in a statement. "The misbranding of products is not only a major public health problem, but also interferes with a salon worker's right to a safe and healthy work environment." While the use of the three chemicals in nail products is not illegal, agency officials said the false claims on the labels may be
-- but a final decision on that will be made by the state attorney general's office. DBP has been banned in nail products in the European Union, and the EU has strict limits on the amount of formaldehyde and toluene that can be used. "We will need to examine the data for compliance with Prop. 65 and other state laws," said Lynda Gledhill, a spokeswoman for the attorney general's office. Proposition 65 is a state law that requires that all harmful chemicals in a product be revealed by the manufacturer. Mike Vo, vice president of Miss Professional Nail Products, Inc., the maker of the Sation products and others on the list, said he disputed DTSC's findings. "We will look at the report and challenge it," he said.
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