Nail Salon Workers—Chemical Exposure, Body Mapping, & MCS: Reena Shadaan, PhD

What can the daily chemical exposures faced by nail salon workers teach us about MCS, chronic illness, and the environments many people live and work in every day?

Aaron Goodman speaks with Reena Shadaan, PhD, from the University of Toronto, about chemical exposure, worker health, body mapping, and chronic illness in nail salon environments.

Topics include:

 • The hidden chemical exposures faced by nail salon workers
 • What nail salon environments may reveal about MCS and chronic illness
 • Body mapping and citizen science as tools for advocacy and documenting lived experience
 • How marginalized workers are pushing back against unsafe environments

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