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    The truth about tanning  Sep 3, 2008
    The argument that tanning beds are safe because salons promote them is about as sound as the argument that cigarettes aren't harmful because shops sell them. Tanning beds are bad for you ... Tanning beds work using UV rays. (iAfrica.com)

    Summer Skin Beauty Essentials  Sep 2, 2008
    Because you still desire a deep-tanned look but are wary of exposing your skin to the sun's harmful UV rays to achieve it, use a self tanning product. The Cocoa Butter Everyday Summer Body Lotion from The Body Shop helps gradually build that even sun-kissed glow. (Canton Daily Ledger, IL)

    Light Therapy for Seasonal Affectiv...  Sep 1, 2008
    Research suggests that visiting a tanning salon provides no antidepressant benefits, and ultraviolet (UV) rays increase the risk of skin cancer, so it s a good idea to choose a light box that filters out UV rays. It's light intensity rather than full-spectrum exposure that generates benefits for S.A.D. sufferers, so UV is not necessary. (Suite101.com)

    Panel wants to tax many services  Aug 31, 2008
    - Beauty salon, barber, spa, nail and tanning services. - Flooring (including all tile) installation and repair. (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)

    Australian Tanning Salons to Post Cancer  Aug 30, 2008
    Australian Tanning Salons Required to Post Cancer Warning ... In what some in Australia have hailed as a major victory for consumers, the country's tanning industry has for the first time admitted that tanning salons can damage the skin and cause cancer ... In the Federal Court Friday, Justice Ray Finkelstein ordered tanning franchises and the Australian Tanning Association publish notices in salons and on internet sites warning the public that tanning damages skin. (Fox News)

    Will people's vote for president this fall be affected by race?  Aug 29, 2008
    And if having paler skin is so important, why are there so many tanning salons around to help make us "white" folks look more brown. Choose your candidate based on his abilities, not skin color. (Columbus Telegram, NE)

    Solariums must show cancer warning signs  Aug 29, 2008
    Tanning salon operators could be jailed for contempt of court if they do not post the warnings, advising customers that solarium use has been linked to an increased risk of skin cancer. The signs will also have to tell customers that tanning does not protect the skin from sunburn, that skin damage caused by ultraviolet light may not be repaired by the body's skin repair mechanisms, and that damage can be caused without sunburn ... The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) took... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)

    Updating Beverly Hills, 90210  Aug 29, 2008
    " 90210, Sachs says, will mirror a culture in which many parents consider themselves friends with their teens. "A lot of parents now want to be the cool parents, as opposed to just the disciplinarian," he says. "And sometimes that backfires. In some ways we're giant teenagers ourselves. (Time.com)

    Chetek Fitness 24/7 open for business  Aug 28, 2008
    There are lockers and a shower available for use and tanning bed plans are in the works. True to its name, the center will be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. (Chetek Alert, WI)

    HEALTH BLOG: Digging into the latest cancer studies  Aug 28, 2008
    Morning rounds: Tomato toll, tanning truths ... "Don't buy what the tanning industry is selling," Caplan writes. (USA Today -- Money)

    Blockbuster blackface  Aug 26, 2008
    But in the real world, a spray-on tan, a pill or even a tanning bed could achieve the sort of results we see in Downey's complexion. After all, Lazarus isn't attempting to pass for someone as dark as Wesley Snipes. (Salon)

    Fitness center revisits the '80s  Aug 25, 2008
    "We're keeping it simple by providing membership to the gym, locker room and Retro- theater (a separate, darkened space with rows of cardio equip ment in front of a big screen showing mostly '80s films). "Everything else -- child care, massage, tanning is a la carte. So if you don't need it, you don't have to pay for it. (NJ.com -- Times)

    Marist's Chris Williamson hopes for Alabama offer  Aug 24, 2008
    Albama s tanning facilities are really lackluster, so Williamson will certainly have to take that into consideration. Commenting is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. M-F. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)

    Ex-official bilks Shriners Hospital (49)  Aug 22, 2008
    He spent lavishly on health club and golf club memberships, tickets to watch local sports teams, luxury autos, a condo in Florida, vacations to Las Vegas and elsewhere, and his two tanning salons here named Tan Destiny. The only catch: He financed the lifestyle with the 828,973 he stole from the Shriners hospital, which treats sick children for free. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)

    As Quincy Concourse looms, three restaurants wonder when and where to move  Aug 21, 2008
    Among the businesses that have already relocated are a tanning center, which moved to another South Shore community and has since gone out of business; two hair salons, which found new homes in the center; a financial services office that relocated within Quincy; Alba's restaurant, which moved across Hancock Street; and another restaurant that decided to take its relocation benefit in cash. A pub restaurant, Holy Ground, is looking for a new city center location. (Boston Globe)

    California government has failed us  Aug 21, 2008
    For this reason, real, desperately needed change is blocked at every turn, and only bills like regulating tanning booths actually escape alive. California's system of taxation and spending is almost entirely hardwired into the Constitution. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)

    Sandi: Why I'll Never Use A Sunbed Again  Aug 19, 2008
    The 27-year-old is shown as she would appear at 57, with severe skin damage caused by tanning ... " Cancer Research UK commissioned the images for SunSmart, a UK-wide skin cancer prevention campaign. It follows a campaign run by the Daily Record in February which revealed Scots children as young as 10 were using sunbeds. The statistics prompted MSPs to bring in legislation banning under-18s from tanning salons. For their latest campaign, Cancer Research UK created the images of Sandi using a... (Glasgow Daily Record)

    Frugal Family Challenge  Aug 19, 2008
    Bruce, 43, who owned a tanning business in California, found a job as a regional sales manager for Clipper, a direct-mail coupon magazine (Clipper is owned by Gannett, which also owns USA TODAY.) Jennifer has a home-based business selling custom-made rhinestone T-shirts and other apparel. But while groceries are cheaper in Texas than in California, other costs are higher. (USA Today -- Money)

    Women-only fitness centers fill niche  Aug 18, 2008
    Ladies Workout Express in Madison also has the 30-minute circuit training program like Curves, but it also offer aerobics classes, cardio equipment, senior fitness and tanning. Carol Brock, owner, said they have more than 200 members since she took over in February, and she shared a success story from one of her regular clients, Mary Hasson. (The Clarion-Ledger)

    Moisturizers may raise skin cancer risk  Aug 18, 2008
    Ultraviolet rays, UVA and UVB, from the sun and tanning equipment, are believed to be the culprits for skin cancer. This may be true for basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma both of which are found mainly on areas of the skin that are exposed to UV rays--the head, face, neck, hands, and arms. (Food Consumer)

    Kevin Libin: Breathe deep and relax - pollution won't kill you  Aug 16, 2008
    In fact, there are hundreds of diseases where science remains unable to accurately and definitively pinpoint any specific originating cause, leaving anyone to guess what might have caused them -- from tanning beds or overheard powerlines to secondhand smoke or smog. And guessing, it seems, is exactly what the CMA does in this latest report, entitled No Breathing Room: National Illness Costs of Air Pollution. (National Post)

    Mercy flight for cancer patient ends in flames on Easton plaza  Aug 13, 2008
    "It was like a fireball," said Darcy Stillman, 35, manager of the Tanfastic Tanning Salon in the shopping plaza. "We could see there were people inside, but there was nothing you could do. It was horrible."We watched them burn. (Boston Globe)

    Help on the way?  Aug 13, 2008
    Raffle items include posters, wall hangings, gift certificates, tattoos, a manicure, tanning packages and more. For more information, call 1-313-399-7618 or 1-313-421-7870. (The News-Herald)

    Bloggers' challenge: If you could, what law would you enact or change?  Aug 12, 2008
    culata wrote on Aug 8, 2008 12:21 AM:" On second thought, what with the seatbelt laws and now car seat laws that would still have my 9-year-old in a car seat...and let's not forget the law just passed last year that requires a minor to have written parental consent to visit a tanning bed...let's add a few more laws to help us idiots who couldn't live a respectable life without them. Let's say that we create a law stating that minors need to have written parental consent to let their teenagers... (Logan Herald Journal, UT)

    WRINKLE ARREST  Aug 8, 2008
    It's lights out for a Jersey City Heights tanning salon, where city and state investigators arrested a woman they say was doing illegal medical procedures, including administering Botox, officials said ... Boor said about 100 syringes were found in the tanning salon that is owned by Lorena Rodriguez. (NJ.com)

    Busting British myths, all before tea time  Aug 7, 2008
    Whether it's self-tanner, tanning booths or lying out in Hyde Park all day, people crave those tan lines. Being of a paler persuasion of skin myself, I thought my pigment would surely fit in here. (Daily Collegian, PA)

    Sun, cancer can be toughest opponents  Aug 7, 2008
    The young woman must undergo yearly checkups for the rest of her life and won't be continuing her habit of occasionally using a tanning bed in the winter. In 2005, the coach of the Hopkinton (Mass. (Suffolk News Herald, VA)

    The Dietitian Magician: Scrumptious skin-saving foods  Aug 7, 2008
    And the more time you spend in the sun or a tanning booth, the greater the risk for a fatal form of skin cancer. It's easy to forget, but your skin is the largest organ of the body. (Ames Daily Tribune, IA)

    Tanning Salons Not a Healthy Choice  Aug 4, 2008
    Indoor Tanning Increases Risk of Developing Skin Cancer. Are you tempted to keep your summer glow alive by going to a tanning salon ... Experts agree that indoor tanning contributes to your risk of develeping skin cancer. (Suite101.com)

    More of this story  Aug 3, 2008
    If you're in extreme sunlight or tanning, it will fade, Carrie said, recommending those with tattoos cover the art with maximum sun screen. We recommend no tanning and no swimming or soaking in a bath for 10 days or two weeks. (Searcy Daily Citizen, AR)

    World's Skin Cancer Hot Spots  Aug 3, 2008
    While many Americans still can't free themselves of the notion that a tan makes you look healthy (one reason why the country may have topped the list), in Asian countries, such as Japan and China, tanning is far less culturally acceptable. It's even believed to be associated with a lower socio-economic status, says Lim. (Forbes)

    Teen Tanning? Don't Do It, Cancer Group Says  Aug 1, 2008
    Group Wants To Ban Canadian Teen Tanning - Health News Story - KPRC Houston ... Group Wants To Ban Canadian Teen Tanning ... DAWSON CREEK, B.C. -- The Canadian Cancer Society wants teenagers banned from tanning salons. (Click2Houston, TX)

    Tanorexia: Dangers of Tanning Addiction  Jul 31, 2008
    Summer Safety Dos and Don'ts of Tanning ... As a teen, Rachel Peterson spent much of her time perfecting her tan by hitting up indoor tanning beds from three to four months out of every year ... But at just 18, all that tanning caught up with her when she was diagnosed with melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. (ABC News)

    Can Amy Winehouse be saved?  Jul 27, 2008
    In the hours I spend with her, her main concession to health is a large upright tanning bed, which she uses every day. She often seems like she is having trouble staying awake, fighting to keep her eyes open. (Times Online)

    If you have a problem, ask everyone  Jul 24, 2008
    com), the achievements include a compound for skin tanning, a method of preventing snack chip breakage and a mini-extruder in brick-making. "Odds are one or more products in your home has been innovated in our network," Spradlin said. (International Herald Tribune)

    Minimum Wage Workers Get Pay Raise  Jul 24, 2008
    owner of in , Texas, said the increase will force him to raise prices for his monthly tanning services by about 12 percent. Tiki Tan had been paying its employees $6 per hour. (WNBC.com, NY)

    Local Legacy: "Godfather" of county public health department recalls its formation  Jul 23, 2008
    His expanded responsibilities now include animal control, smoking regulations in public places, inspecting tanning salons and administering solid waste programs in the county. When I began working in 1973 there were 200 food service establishments in the county. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)

    Study links a baby's smile and its mother's brain chemistry  Jul 23, 2008
    The upsurge among young women, the authors write in this month's issue of The Journal of Investigative Dermatology, parallels reports of increased exposure to ultraviolet radiation from sunburn and the use of tanning beds ... But because "sun exposure and tanning bed use has markedly increased in adolescent girls and young women compared to adolescent boys and young men, we are concerned that this increased exposure may be related to the rising incidence of melanoma.". (International Herald Tribune -- Health)

    Troubling rise in child melanoma  Jul 23, 2008
    It is the harmful ultraviolet portion of sunlight and the use of tanning beds that are seen as probable causes for the increase in pediatric melanoma. The National Cancer Institute says the person most likely to develop a melanoma is "easily sunburned, has poor tanning ability and generally has light hair, blue eyes and pale skin." ... "Tanning-bed usage, which has been recently evaluated as a probable cause of melanoma, is increasing among U.S. adults and is most prevalent among young women.". (AZCentral -- News)

    Can Indoor Tanning Prevent Cancer?  Jul 23, 2008
    Can Indoor Tanning Prevent Cancer ... Can Indoor Tanning Prevent Cancer ... Local 2 Investigates claims that indoor tanning can help prevent cancer. (Click2Houston, TX)

    Tanning Addiction: Young Women at Risk  Jul 19, 2008
    Every day, about 1 million Americans go to tanning salons, and most are young women ages 16 to 29 ... made an appointment at a local tanning salon for an eight-minute session ... Over the next three years, her tanning habit grew into an addiction, a daily ritual that eventually resulted in melanoma, the deadliest skin cancer. (ABC News)

    Skin cancer and Benign Skin Lesions...  Jul 18, 2008
    Long term UV ray exposure from the sun or indoor tanning beds increase risk. There is also some familial predilection for developing the disease. (Suite101.com)

    Summer Sunscreen Mistakes, Myths and Solutions  Jul 16, 2008
    Mistake: Going to a tanning salon to get a "base tan" thinking it will protect you from sun damage and skin cancer. The "safe" tanning beds many tanning salons claim to offer use mainly UVA rays, and block out UVB (burning) rays ... One study showed that people aged 35 or younger who used tanning beds regularly had eight times the risk of developing melanoma compared to those who never used tanning beds. (Canton Daily Ledger, IL)

    Word on the Street  Jul 14, 2008
    So with a small investment, Serna recently launched SLS Mobile Tanning, taking on existing tanning operations in the central San Joaquin Valley that happen to be more stationary ... It has been used for years in tanning salons that use the spray method ... SLS Mobile Tanning can be reached at (559) 477-0853 or via e-mail at sserna@scccd. (Fresno Bee)

    EU urges holidaymakers to be safe in the sun  Jul 14, 2008
    There are two types of UV rays -- UVA, which is responsible for tanning, and UVB, which leads to burning. According to Cancer Research UK, the number of skin cancer cases in that country has more than doubled since the early 1980s with over 2,000 deaths from skin cancer each year. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)

    Melanoma Rates Jumping For Young Women  Jul 13, 2008
    Couric: What about tanning salons ... Downie: Tanning salons are huge ... And of that, 71 percent of tanning salon patrons are young women age 16 to 29. (CBS News)

    Skin cancer rates grow among younger women  Jul 13, 2008
    The new research did not examine the reasons for the trend, but Purdue said it could be the result of such factors as women spending more time outdoors and engaging in indoor tanning. Young women are much more likely than young men to frequent tanning salons, Purdue and others noted ... "One possible explanation is increases among young women of recreational sun exposure or tanning bed use," Purdue said. (MSNBC -- Health)

    Deadly Skin Cancer on the Rise Among Young Women  Jul 13, 2008
    Additional research is needed to investigate whether young women are increasing the amount of recreational sun exposure they get or use of tanning beds, both of which are risk factors for melanoma, they added. Related. (Fox News)

    Are You Getting Burned by Your Sunscreen?  Jul 13, 2008
    These UVA rays have traditionally been linked to tanning, but doctors now know they can cause long-term damage and skin cancer ... There are two types of UV light -- UVA and UVB. While UVA rays are responsible for tanning and UVB for sunburn, both can damage the skin and increase the risk of skin cancer ... Ratings for UVA would be based on two tests, one to measure the sunscreen's ability to reduce the amount of UVA radiation passing through it, and a second to measure the product's ability to... (Health-Finder)

    Melanoma in Women Spikes Over 30 Years  Jul 13, 2008
    While more women are more aware of melanoma, tanning bed usage is also up. One million people go to tanning salons a day, and 71 percent of tanning salon patrons are young women. (ABC News)

    HEALTH BLOG: Easy to digest nutrition news briefs  Jul 8, 2008
    Fitness and nutrition - Better Life - USATODAY.com. Kids and cholesterol. (USA Today -- Money)

    One in three Texans at risk for skin cancer  Jul 5, 2008
    While most skin cancer is associated with older age groups, more cases are turning up in younger people, he explained, attributing the rise in younger women to tanning habits. The nose, arms, hands, upper chest, shoulders and upper back are likely to be affected areas, as well as lower leg areas for women. (Pearland Journal, TX)

    Summer Skin Beauty Essentials  Jul 5, 2008
    Because you still desire a deep-tanned look but are wary of exposing your skin to the sun's harmful UV rays to achieve it, use a self tanning product. The Cocoa Butter Everyday Summer Body Lotion from The Body Shop helps gradually build that even sun-kissed glow. (Canton Daily Ledger, IL)

    Marlborough Board of Health can't keep up with inspections  Jul 4, 2008
    The city has one assistant sanitarian who handles restaurants, housing, beaches and lakes, tanning salons, hotels, 42 swimming pools and the 63 unduplicated cases of bed bugs seen last year. Mayor Nancy Stevens said she's aware of the board's request for another sanitarian and is going to spend the summer looking at staffing and organization in the city's departments. (Marlborough Enterprise, MA)

    Column: Preventing skin cancer  Jul 3, 2008
    Avid sunbathers should also be aware that tanning beds and sunlamps emit UV rays that are as dangerous as those from the sun and should therefore be avoided. Both tanning and burning can increase a person s risk of skin cancer. (Hamilton Wenham Chronicle, MA)

    Catch of the day?  Jul 2, 2008
    (One of them, canthaxanthin, has been linked to retinal problems in humans, who take it to turn themselves colors, too; it's used as a tanning pill. This feed is expensive for farmers, but perhaps not as expensive as going natural would be. (Boston Globe)

    Sunburn Alert: UVB Does More Damage To DNA Than UVA  Jul 2, 2008
    1, 2004) As the long cold days of winter pale our complexion, thousands will turn to tanning booths to brighten their skin and their spirits. What people don't realize is that the bronzed glow they so. (Science Daily)

    Five things you didn't know about ... protecting your eyes  Jul 2, 2008
    Eye burn: Artificial sources of UVB rays tanning beds, halogen desk lamps can cause snowblindness, the burning of the cornea. The condition also occurs at high altitudes on highly reflective snow fields. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)

    Chemical Or Organic? Choose Your Sunscreen  Jul 1, 2008
    The harmful Ultraviolet rays that support skin tanning and are also a prime cause of raised skin cancer risk- are strong throughout the day, even in scarce sunshine, warn experts. Sunburn, often thought to the guiding term to monitor excess UV exposure, is actually not so. (TheMedGuru)

    Letter: Wellness/Community Day at SHS a big success  Jun 29, 2008
    SHS nurse Mary Beth O Malley presented on sun safety, tanning and skin cancer. SHS faculty member Tom Reid and SHS junior Brandon Poulin showed off our new TV studio and played health and wellness videos produced by his students over the years. (Swampscott Reporter, MA)

    Opinion: Save your hide skip the tanning bed  Jun 28, 2008
    Opinion: Save your hide skip the tanning bed - Breaking Bioethics- msnbc ... Save your hide skip the tanning booth ... Volker Hartmann / AFP - Getty ImagesWhether you bake your skin on the beach or in a tanning parlor, the evidence that both are bad for you is overwhelming. (MSNBC -- Health)

    SilverSneakers keeps seniors active  Jun 27, 2008
    Picayune Bodyworks Gym & Tanning 417 W. Canal St. (601) 798-0640. Pontotoc NMMC Pontotoc Wellness Center 38 W. Reynolds St. (662) 489-1335. (The Clarion-Ledger)

    Tips for sun safety  Jun 27, 2008
    Be Aware Avid sunbathers should also be aware that tanning beds and sunlamps emit UV rays that are as dangerous as those from the sun and should therefore be avoided. Both tanning and burning can increase a person s risk of skin cancer. (Tewksbury Advocate, MA)

    Engagement ring on Paris' finger?  Jun 26, 2008
    tanning lotion]http://bestindoortanninglotion. com). (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

    Time in the Sun: How Much Is Needed for Vitamin D?  Jun 25, 2008
    I own a tanning salon and I think promoting sun for vitimin D is great ... At least in the tanning beds you are monitored as to the amount and exact rays you are getting. (U.S. News & World Report)

    Take care to block the sun’s rays  Jun 25, 2008
    Your skin is something you really want to protect from sunburn even moderate tanning ... Tanning of the skin is a result of ultraviolet ray damage to the DNA of your skin cell. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)

    Make sure kids play it safe with summer fun  Jun 24, 2008
    Tanning is just a reaction by the skin to try to protect itself. Public health experts and the American Cancer Society agree; the healthiest color for your skin is the color you were born with. (Helena Independent Record, MT)

    Protect Yourself from Skin Cancer  Jun 21, 2008
    All tanning is dangerous for your skin ... The Skin Cancer Foundation also points out that tanning booths are not a safer alternative to natural tanning; they also emit harmful UV radiation ... If you are looking for safe tanning alternatives look into sunless tanning sprays, lotions, and makeup. (KFOR Oklahoma City, OK)

    What would you like to see happen to the Home Depot building?  Jun 21, 2008
    " Cindyloo wrote on Jun 19, 2008 2:36 PM:" With our luck, we'll get another coffee place and a tanning salon. " G Mo wrote on Jun 19, 2008 2:29 PM:" I agree with the other poster. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)

    Shoplifting turns into robbery after shoving  Jun 17, 2008
    Now I can understand something like meth or crack, but a plant that God made, It's crazy, Actually it's about money and control. " lilcutie12342000 wrote on Jun 15, 2008 11:49 PM:" OK OK OK TO ALL YOU PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO DONT KNOW MR.COOPER KICKS BUTT'S AND TAKES NAMES LATER,YOU COME INTO THE GROCERY STORE TRYING TO STEAL A RACK OF RIBS AND SOME POTATOES SAYING YOUR TRYING TO FEED YOUR KIDS IS NOTHING BUT A LIE.. (Brownwood Bulletin, TX)

    Shoplifting turns into robbery after shoving (736)  Jun 16, 2008
    Now I can understand something like meth or crack, but a plant that God made, It's crazy, Actually it's about money and control (Brownwood Bulletin, TX)

    LETTERS: NCT, June 15, 2008  Jun 16, 2008
    All lotions, sun block, tanning oils and similar cosmetics will be banned. Some scientists claim they damage the ocean ecosystem. (North County Times)

    MSPs ban under-18s from using sunbeds  Jun 15, 2008
    The legislation will also outlaw coin-operated, unstaffed tanning salons, as well as the sale or hire of sunbeds to under 18. advertisement. (Glasgow Evening Times)

    Scottish MPs pass under-18 sunbed ban  Jun 14, 2008
    They will also be required to provide users with information about the health risks of sunbed use and will receive a 0 fine for operating unstaffed, coin-operated tanning facilities. Public health minister Shona Robison commented: "This major piece of legislation will ensure appropriate measures are in place to safeguard the public from existing and emerging threats to public health.". (Cancer Research UK - News & Resources)

    Firefighter, 32, to be arraigned on drug charges  Jun 13, 2008
    Glejzer and another officer watched as the driver - later identified as Robert W. Bradley of Woburn - spoke into a cellphone, then drove across to the lot of a tanning salon, where Richardson pulled in from another entrance and motioned for Bradley to follow him, police said. The officers immediately recognized Richardson as a firefighter and as the subject of uncorroborated tips about drug abuse, Glejzer wrote. (Boston Globe)

    ACCC tries to shut down solariums  Jun 13, 2008
    The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has also personally targeted Australian Tanning Association president Scott Meneilly in the action ... The companies involved in the Federal Court action include Tropical Sun Industries Pty Ltd, Body Bronze International Pty Ltd and the Australian Tanning Association (ATA) ... The parties will battle over claims the tanning industry has made that there is no evidence linking solarium use with skin cancer or damage. (The Age)

    Watchdog takes on solariums  Jun 13, 2008
    The competition watchdog has targeted more than 40 Melbourne solariums in a crackdown on alleged misleading claims about the safety of indoor tanning. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission yesterday began legal proceedings against the Tropical Sun tanning studios in Heidelberg and Ringwood, the Body Bronze group of 40 salons, and the Australian Tanning Association ... Marketing material on Body Bronze's website claims "there is a responsible way to tan" and that tanning is a... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)

    Tan Ban Saves Our Kids' Lives  Jun 13, 2008
    Victory for Daily Record campaign as MSPs agree to ban children from tanning salons - The Daily Record ... Victory for Daily Record campaign as MSPs agree to ban children from tanning salons ... MSPs last night agreed to ban children under 18 from tanning salons, in a move that could save hundreds of lives. (Glasgow Daily Record)

    Skin cancer: From beach baby to sun block angel  Jun 13, 2008
    Tanning is like smoking there s no safe tan just like there s no tobacco that s safe. Cotter said he agrees with Lo s sentiment, especially when it comes to the tanning industry ... Tanning beds are just silly going to a tanning bed is like smoking for your skin. (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)

    Scottish sunbed ban to be passed  Jun 12, 2008
    New laws banning under-18-year-olds from using tanning salons or buying or hiring sunbeds are expected to be passed by MSPs later ... The legislation would also see salons hit with a 50 fine if they are caught operating unstaffed, coin-operated tanning facilities. (BBC News -- UK)

    Next for Braves: Swarm of locusts?  Jun 12, 2008
    By Best tanning lotion. June 11, 2008 4:42 PM. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)

    Sunless tanning  Jun 11, 2008
    There is now another alternative on the market, too tanning tablets, that work from the inside out ... Tanning tablets contain a "natural amino acid" called L-tyrosine, which works in the deepest layers of the skin to increase melanin (the brown pigment) activity. (iAfrica.com)

    Newsweek: 9 most obnoxious gym rat habits  Jun 10, 2008
    Gold's Gym managers have reported finding customers who fell asleep in the tanning facility and didn't wake up until the gym was closed, as well as customers who fell asleep on the bench press in between sets. 1. (MSNBC -- Health)

    Are babies hurt by lack of vitamin D?  Jun 9, 2008
    "Vitamin D deficiency is one of the most common medical conditions nationwide," said Holick, who has come under criticism for accepting funding from the tanning industry. Dermatologists caution that sun exposure can increase the risk of skin cancer. (Boston Globe)

    From the health department  Jun 7, 2008
    Tanning booths, a popular means of getting a tan without sun, emit ultraviolet-A (UVA) rays and can cause sunburn, premature aging of the skin, cataracts, and can increase the risk of skin cancer. To prevent the development of skin cancer the department recommends the following. (Kewanee Star Courier, IL)

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