Let me tell you what some other people say, though: 1  The EWGâs Skin Deep Database lists it as a 5-6 (or moderate hazard), but trying to find the studies they used for their rating proved difficult, and the ones I did find were the nebulous âborax or boric acidâ test studies.
1 This is so because, my nominal wages have increased by 10% while the average price level (CPI) has increased by only 5%. 2  Thus today (in 2010) with my higher nominal wage ($1100.00) I can buy more than I could buy last year.
Lenoâs bill would raise the minimum wage to $11 an hour on Jan. 1, 2015, to $12 a year later, and to $13 per hour on Jan. 1, 2017. After that, the minimum wage would increase automatically with the consumer price index. The bill was approved by a bare-majority 21-12 vote and sent to the Assembly for consideration.