Your Ethics or Your Manicure

Sarah Maslin Nir, New York Times reporter, discusses her series on the risks faced by workers in the region’s many nail salons, from illegally low wages to toxic chemicals.  

Talk about an immediate reaction – Cuomo ordered emergency investigations to protect nail salon workers' rights: http://t.co/KgcVc0ChRw

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A loophole in federal law allows untested chemicals into salon products, explains @SarahMaslinNir. The EU bans thousands. The US bans 11.

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Nail salon employees living outside of NYC wait to be picked up for work like migrant workers; some sleep in barracks, says @SarahMaslinNir.

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This profession does keep women worlds apart from one another, even as they’re sitting across the manicure table, says @SarahMaslinNir.

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Brian calls @SarahMaslinNir's piece and its results "the highest act of journalism." She says, "I hope my mom is listening!"

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