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[JrMaFia]

TANNING-BED CANCER LINK

AP

Last updated: 10:26 AM July 29, 2009

International experts have moved tanning beds and ultraviolet radiation into the top cancer-risk category, calling them as deadly as arsenic and mustard gas.

For years, scientists deemed both "probable carcinogens."

But a new analysis by World Health Organization cancer experts of about 20 studies concludes the risk of skin cancer jumps by 75 percent when people start using tanning beds before age 30.

The experts also found that all types of ultraviolet radiation caused worrying mutations in mice, proof the radiation is carcinogenic.

The new classification means tanning beds and ultraviolet radiation are definite causes of cancer, alongside tobacco, the hepatitis B virus and chimney sweeping, among others.

"We hope the prevailing culture will change so teens don't think they need to use sunbeds to get a tan," said researcher Vincent Cogliano who contributed to the study, published this week online in the medical journal Lancet Oncology.

 

[black7]

EVERYTHING CAUSES CANCER NOW BRO

 

[JrMaFia]

Yea but the part about it causes a 75 percent increase is nuts

 

[mrhtbd]

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[Valkyrie]

jr is all about the tanning joints tho you got no idea how hard this hit him. I don't get it tho i mean i can see if you over do it but you need uv light to stay alive we aren't vampires..

 

[stunner69]

jr is all about the tanning joints tho you got no idea how hard this hit him. I don't get it tho i mean i can see if you over do it but you need uv light to stay alive we aren't vampires..

The amount needed is = to the size of 1 big toe for apx. 5 min in the sun. So says my Dr.

 

[Lokedogg]

The amount needed is = to the size of 1 big toe for apx. 5 min in the sun. So says my Dr.

I think you dr is full of shit. When talking about the uv exposuree to the sun, the latest data indicate the scientific community has far over stated the the "sun- caused cancer risk". Furthermore the largest determining factor is skin type that is "moley/numerous" google it. I think tanning beds are definately not good because you get blasted with a concentrated dose of uv in a very short amount of time. The comment of comparison to mustard gas an arsonic is really fucking stupid. Yeah I'll take the tanning bed all day long over those 2 elements.