Nail biter

[shamatha1]

I know this isn't exactly literary, and some people might even think it trivial, but I really believe this is an issue that impacts all true American's, and won't somebody please think of the children?

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAN FRANCISCO -- "American Idol" judge Paula Abdul urged California legislators to force nail salons to clean up their act, testifying Monday about her yearlong health ordeal after an unsanitary manicure.

Abdul said a trip in April 2004 to a Studio City nail shop that used unclean equipment sent her in and out of the hospital, and made her the butt of late-night talk show jokes.

"Being a professional dancer, I'm no stranger to pain, but this time the pain was so excruciating that even my hair touching my thumb caused me to scream," Abdul told the California Senate Business and Professions Committee in Sacramento.

The legislation, sponsored by Democratic Assemblyman Leland Yee, would establish safety standards for manicure and pedicure equipment and rewrite state regulations mandating that nail shops follow sanitary practices.

Customers are vulnerable to bacterial infections if manicurists do not properly sanitize their tools between jobs.

The bill was expected to pass in committee. If that occurs, it would likely come before the full Senate sometime in the next two weeks.

"I was publicly humiliated," Abdul said in her closing statement. "That is why with an open heart and a selfless agenda, I implore you to pass this bill."

[mtmynd]

vanity has a price..?

[hester_prynne]

The case of the Paula Abdul bacteria.

Sure nails her intelligence quotient.

(Very ridiculous, and funny by the way....)

H

[jimboloco]

ever try trimming cats' claws?
we can't legally trim the toenails of folks in hospital or in nursing homes, a podiatrist has to do it! but when he makes his rounds with his toenail clippers, he doesn't sterilize inbetween, he swipes then with an alcohol at best.

a family wanted to trim the nails of their son, a 33 year old with advanced lymphoma, i gave them my scizzors.

some places the smell of toxic fumes is enough to kill you before the bacteria do.

but the trivial shall not cease
can we hide from the war?