AB 1575 (Kalra), which will require ingredient labeling for salon products, is getting closer to becoming law. Last month the bill passed the Assembly, and on Wednesday, July 5 it will be heard in the Senate Environmental Quality (EQ) Committee. Ingredient listings on labels are not required for salon products, and as a result workers (and their clients) may unknowingly be exposed to dangerous chemicals that are linked to breathing difficulties, higher rates of miscarriages, birth defects, and even cancer. Salon workers have a right to know this information. That’s why the California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative (@CA_HNSC), Black Women for Wellness (@BW4WLA), Women’s Voices for the Earth (@women4earth) and the CHANGE (Californians for a Healthy and Green Economy: @changeca) Coalition have partnered to make right-to-know a reality for nail and hair salon professionals by cosponsoring AB 1575. Here’s how you can help AB 1575 pass the Senate EQ committee: Today, July 3, call 1 or 2 state Senators from the following list. Ask her/him to vote “yes” for AB 1575. If you live in any of the districts noted below, please be sure to call that office! Calling only takes a minute. Feel free to speak from the heart, or use the script provided here: Phone Script “Hello, My name is_______ and I’m calling from [city], California to urge the Senator to help protect salon workers by voting yes on AB 1575- Disclosure of Ingredients in Professional Cosmetic Products. Salon professionals deserve to know what they are being exposed to in the products they use at work so they can decide how to protect their and their customers’ health. Thank you for your support.” Sample Tweet Language: “___________, vote yes on #AB1575 inEQ. Salonworkers deserve2know what they are exposed to @CA_HNSC @BW4WLA @CHANGECA @WOMEN4EARTH Senator Bob Wieckowski (Chair) (916) 651-4010 (10th District: Hayward, Fremont, Union City, Milpitas) Twitter: @BobWieckowskiCA Senator Jeff Stone (Vice Chair) (916) 651-4028 (28th District: Blythe, Canyon Lake, Cathedral City, Coachella, Desert Hot Springs, Indian Wells, Indio, Lake Elsinore, La Quinta, Murrieta, Temecula, Palm Springs, Rancho Mirage, and Wildomar) Twitter: @senjeffstone Senator Ted Gaines (916) 651-4001 (1st District: Yreka, Redding, Auburn, South Lake Tahoe, Truckee, Grass Valley, Folsom, Placerville, El Dorado Hills, Susanville, Quincy and Alturas) Twitter: @tedgaines Senator Jerry Hill (916) 651-4013 (13th District: San Mateo, Palo Alto, Sunnyvale) Senator Henry I. Stern (916) 651-4027 (27th District: Agoura Hills, Calabasas, Hidden Hills, Malibu, Moorpark, Simi Valley, Thousand Oaks, Westlake Village, part of Santa Clarita, Canoga Park, Chatsworth, Encino, Porter Ranch, Reseda, Tarzana, West Hills, Winnetka, and Woodland Hills) Twitter: @henrysternca If you haven't yet, you could also support by spreading the word about our online petition to your networks here (https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/pass-ab-1575-fill-the-gap-in-cosmetics-disclosure-laws/) Thank you!