Environmental impact of pharmaceuticals and personal care products slightly positive. The only force that holds acetone molecules together is its permanent dipoles which are weaker than hydrogen bonds. Since nail polish remover is a solvent, it will dissolve in water. When acetone dissolves in water, it hydrogen bonds with water. The more nail polish remover that enters the hydrosphere will increase the concentration of acetone and then increase the concentration of the solution created when acetone and water bonds. If enough nail polish remover is disposed, it can reach the lethal dose level for aquatic life. Nail polish remover can also enter the lithosphere by landfills and by
Nail (anatomy) bar. Painting the nails with coloured nail polish (also called nail lacquer and nail varnish) to improve the appearance is a common practice dating back to at least 3000 B.C. With the rise of smartphones, some analysts have noted a trend of the "nelfie" (nail selfie), wherein people share their nail art online. Guinness World Records began tracking record fingernail lengths in 1955, when a Chinese priest was listed as having fingernails long. The current record-holder for men, according to Guinness, is Shridhar Chillal from India who set the record in 1998 with a total of of nails on his