!! OMG, finally: Tanning Bed Crackdown !!
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The cosmetic tanning industry in the UK is getting slapped with regulations due to cancer concerns:
A report by Dr Fatiha El Ghissassi and colleagues from the IARC in France published tomorrow in The Lancet Oncology said: "The use of UV-emitting tanning devices is widespread in many developed countries, especially among young women. A comprehensive meta-analysis concluded that the risk of skin melanoma is increased by 75% when use of tanning devices starts before 30 years of age." Several studies had also linked sunbed use to a greater likelihood of developing a rare eye cancer called ocular melanoma, they added.
My God - whatever will BARBIE-MAN do now?
Full article HERE.
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posted by Graydon on Wednesday, July 29, 2009
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