Nail Polish and Miscarriages? How Not So Pretty Got It Wrong

Breaking down Episode 2 of HBO Max's Not So Pretty, a "clean beauty" documentary series that tells us our beauty products are killing us. This time we're talking about nail polish, and it might be the least problematic episode... but I think it's still a bit of a mess.
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In this video:
0:00 Intro
1:43 Selective use of evidence (again)
3:12 Less privileged groups are less researched
5:08 Are there more health problems in salon workers?
6:28 Exposure is crucial
9:39 Clean beauty doesn't fix the problems
13:46 Ignoring the obvious solution
Esther Olu: / themelaninchemist
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Quach salon worker birth outcomes study: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25501...
Quach salon worker cancer study: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20693...
Montoya salon air quality study: doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2019...
OSHA on chemical hazards in salons www.osha.gov/nail-salons/chem...
Healthy Nail Salon Guidelines: dtsc.ca.gov/wp-content/upload...
National Academies statement on lack of representation in clinical trials: www.nationalacademies.org/new...
Women in clinical trials: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27011...
All in your head: www.bbc.com/future/article/20...
Racial bias in pain assessment: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
Lack of data on black skin conditions: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34463...
Gender bias in medicine and research: theconversation.com/gender-bi...
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