Exposure Assessment in Nail Salons: An Indoor Air Approach

Table 2

Summary of air contaminant levels in nails salons.

	Occupational exposure limits		Mean 8 hr time weighted Avg concentrations
	OSHA PEL	ACGIH TLV	NIOSH I^A	NIOSH II^B	Froines and Garabrant^C	Hiipakka and Samimi^D	Maxfield^E
			Vapors (ppm)
MMA; (unvented)	100	50		n.d. (<3.6)	5.3
(vented)
EMA; (unvented)	None	None	9.4	7.0	7.3	4.5
(vented)			0.7
Toluene	200	50				0.8
Isopropyl Alcohol	400	400				15.6
Butyl Acetate	150					0.4
Acetone	1000			10.0
			Nuisance dusts (mg/m^3)
Unvented, hand filing							0.15
Unvented, Machine filing	15	10				1.4	0.28
Vented, Machine filing							0.24

^A[6], ^B[15], ^C[16], ^D[5], ^E[17].