The more nails being filed, the more plastic dust fills the air. Advertisement. According to the researchers, nail salons had higher microplastic pollution than homes or offices.

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Arimoto opened a nail salon in her home in 2018 after a spinal condition forced her to give up her career as a social worker, and she's been using Umigomi, or "sea trash," to make nail art since 2021.

CHIGASAKI, Japan — Before global leaders take the problem of plastic pollution into their hands this month, Japanese manicurist Naomi Arimoto is putting it into her fingernails.

Japanese manicurist Naomi Arimoto applies a decorative nail tip using plastic waste she collected from the beach at her nail salon in Chigasaki, Japan, on Oct. 21. Manami Yamada / Reuters.

Arimoto opened a nail salon in her home in 2018 after a spinal condition forced her to give up her career as a social worker, and she's been using Umigomi, or "sea trash," to make nail art since 2021.