...the 20-billion-dollar a year manicure industry in the United States...uses 10,000 chemicals in its products, 89 percent of which have not been safety tested...That's got advocates worried not only for consumers, but nail salon workers. "We are also very concerned about worker health - typically, women of colour, Asian immigrants and Asian American women," said Felicia Eaves, a national organiser with Women's Voices of the Earth...Efforts to reach out to nail salon workers and owners on health and safety are sprouting up across the United States. Along with education and research, advocates are also pushing for reforms at the industry and governmental level on chemical policy...On the job, nail salon workers come into contact with chemical hazards linked to illnesses, cancers and reproductive harm, including birth defects...Last month, three major U.S. nail polish manufacturers -- Sally Hansen brand, OPI Products and Orly International, Inc. -- announced they would be reformulating their products to remove chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive harm, including dibutyl phthalate (DBP), toluene and formaldehyde.