There is NOT an epidemic of nail fungus coming out of Alaskan salons!  Generalizations and stereotyping will get you nothing but a pie in the eye! I notice my nail technician sterilizing her equipment, in the same manner and with the same equipment used in operating rooms. It's not rocket science.  Accidents do happen, but not as many as wrecks involving CDL drivers! Using the comparison is like comparing peaches to navels!  Both fuzzy, but one's an innie, the other an outie!  I've been getting my nails done in Alaska, from Ketchikan to Fairbanks, for over 30 years. They use power tools, glue, nail polish, and some chemicals. We can smell them. We know they do! We go back, again and again. If you don't use nail professionals, not sure how you can even comment. You don't know the subject material!  12 hours and a written exam is plenty, has been for decades; humans have had no evolutionary leaps to change nails. If it ain't broke, don't fix it - and do NOT turn it into public debt!