i got involved with them probably back in 2001-2002 when judy chu was still in the assembly.she tried to advance some bands on toxic substances, mostly related to baby's toys. i said keep plugging away and our former supervisor and former is assembly woman was able to get that through. i think the education approach is really great. i've worked with asian law caucus, particularly len san who was vietnamese interpreter and we went out to the oakland salons. even the owners were on board and would actually educate their clientele as to alternatives to acrylic nails. they're the most toxic substances. i think we also need to have education in the early years. girls in elementary schools, the sexy names, well i don't know if i should say the name of the brand but they come up with sexy names of the nail polish and that attracts girls. a lot of people would be really surprised that many of these substances are banned in europe. and so i think this takes even a global approach, a u.n. approach. these are american companies that were forced to remove the particular substances to tho

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