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New Study by SUNARC Shows Tanning and Melanoma Link Scientifically Flawed (Marketwire)
IARC Sunbed Review Ignored Obvious and Crucial Confounding Factors, Said Grant
New Study by SUNARC Shows Tanning and Melanoma Link Scientifically Flawed (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - 03/15/10) - A new study published in the peer-reviewed journal "Dermato-Endocrinology" shows that there is no statistically significant connection between sunbeds and melanoma in those who can develop suntans (skin type II-VI), with increased risk centered only on those whose skin is so fair it cannot tan (skin type I). William B. Grant, PhD, a former NASA ...
Florida bill would curb kids' tanning-salon use (Orlando Sentinel)
Lawmakers want to cut youths' risk of skin cancer later in life Nancy Evans of Mims used to be a devoted sun worshipper.
Leisure centres' sunbeds removed (BBC News)
All sunbeds have been taken out of council-run leisure centres in one area of Manchester because of the increased risk of skin cancer among users.
Popular piercings can lead to problems (The News-Herald)
Between piercings, tattoos and tanning injections, we're letting more things get under our skin — or through it — than ever before.
Lawmakers head home; what they did will affect you (The Gillette News-Record)
If you think the decisions made at the state Capitol have no impact on your life, think again. For the past four weeks, 90 people have been making decisions that will affect every man, woman and child in Wyoming.
Law curbs teen tanning in Delaware (The Daily Times)
WILMINGTON ---- Seventeen-year-old Sophia Ventresca used to drive herself to Body Images Tanning in Wilmington about four times a week.
Proposal to tax indoor tanning draws heat from owners (Florida Today)
Although he won't quite emit enough heat to get you tan, if you want to see Glenn Dawdy get hot under the collar, mention a proposed 10 percent federal tax on indoor tanning services that is part of the health care reform talks in Washington, D.C.
Law curbs teen tanning (The News Journal)
Salons dispute any link to melanoma
Similar advertising strategies used by indoor tanning and tobacco industries (Science Daily)
While the proven negative health consequences of smoking and tanning are undeniable, tobacco and indoor tanning advertisers would like consumers to think otherwise. In fact, a new study comparing the tactics used in advertising tobacco and indoor tanning products found several similarities in how these two industries market unhealthy products.