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- Maggot - 07-29-2009
...........But noooooooobody ever listens to maggot1::dunno::
LONDON ⿿ International cancer experts have moved tanning beds and other sources of ultraviolet radiation into the top cancer risk category, deeming them as deadly as arsenic and mustard gas. For years, scientists have described tanning beds and ultraviolet radiation as "probable carcinogens."
A new analysis of about 20 studies concludes the risk of skin cancer jumps by 75 percent when people start using tanning beds before age 30. Experts also found that all types of ultraviolet radiation caused worrying mutations in mice, proof the radiation is carcinogenic. Previously, only one type of ultraviolet radiation was thought to be lethal.
The new classification means tanning beds and other sources of ultraviolet radiation are definite causes of cancer, alongside tobacco, the hepatitis B virus and chimney sweeping, among others.
The research was published online in the medical journal Lancet Oncology on Wednesday, by experts at the International Agency for Research on Cancer in Lyon, the cancer arm of the World Health Organization.
"People need to be reminded of the risks of sunbeds," said Vincent Cogliano, one of the cancer researchers. "We hope the prevailing culture will change so teens don't think they need to use sunbeds to get a tan."
Most lights used in tanning beds give off mainly ultraviolet radiation, which cause skin and eye cancer, according to the International Agency for Cancer Research.
The classification of tanning beds as carcinogenic was disputed by Kathy Banks, chief executive of The Sunbed Association, a European trade association of tanning bed makers and operators.
"The fact that is continuously ignored is that there is no proven link between the responsible use of sunbeds and skin cancer," Banks said in a statement. She said most users of tanning beds use them less than 20 times a year.
But as use of tanning beds has increased among people under 30, doctors have seen a parallel rise in the numbers of young people with skin cancer. In Britain, melanoma, the deadliest kind of skin cancer, is now the leading cancer diagnosed in women in their 20s. Normally, skin cancer rates are highest in people over 75.
Previous studies found younger people who regularly use tanning beds are eight times more likely to get melanoma than people who have never used them. In the past, WHO warned people younger than 18 to stay away from tanning beds.
Cogliano cautioned that ultravoilet radiation is not healthy, whether it comes from a tanning bed or from the sun. The American Cancer Society advises people to try bronzing or self-tanning creams instead of tanning beds.
- sally - 07-29-2009
Well that sucks. They just opened a new tanning salon here with high pressure beds that get you bronzed in 10 mins. I was all exited to go and now you've ruined it.
- Duchess - 07-29-2009
Hells Bells :
: I have to go to Florida in November & by that time my tan will be faded, I had every intention of hitting the tanning salon before I left...Hopefully I will have forgotten this story by then.
- Luke Warmwater - 07-29-2009
Never felt the need nor desire to ever use one of these.
Fake & Bake is pretty fackin' obvious and the service only caters to the self absorbed.
- Duchess - 07-29-2009
Luke Warmwater Wrote:the service only caters to the self absorbed.
I'm not self absorbed, thankyouverymuch. ::finger::
::bigg::
- The Antagonist - 07-29-2009
You should be able to tan with the sun in Florida in November. I've tanned in January there. Well, boosted what I already had anyway.
- LuMPyPussy - 07-29-2009
Why do you need a tan anyway?
- Duchess - 07-29-2009
I can't answer that without sounding self absorbed.
- sally - 07-29-2009
I never went to a tanning bed untill about two years ago when my friend talked me into it. I always thought of it as a coffin or getting trapped in there and burning up. Well I've kind of become addicted to them since then. I get a tan in 10-20 mins compared to what I would get laying out in the sun all day.
- sally - 07-29-2009
LuMPyPussy Wrote:Why do you need a tan anyway?Because tan looks better than paste ::dunno::
- LuMPyPussy - 07-29-2009
Satin looks better than leather.
- Lady Cop - 07-29-2009
i became very brown during my florida years, and i liked it.now i have a white prison-type pallor. (actually olive skin). it used to be thought a tan radiates health. but this could be the ultimate price:
- LuMPyPussy - 07-29-2009
I have peaches and cream complexion and I like it that way.
- sally - 07-29-2009
When I was a kid my friend's weirdo mom showed us her thighs and told us to never lay out in the sun because the men love her 'creamy whites'. I was scared of her and have been tanning ever since.
- Luke Warmwater - 07-29-2009
sally Wrote:When I was a kid my friend's weirdo mom showed us her thighs and told us to never lay out in the sun because the men love her 'creamy whites'. I was scared of her and have been tanning ever since.It was probably the actual presence of cream, huh? ::blink::
- The Antagonist - 07-30-2009
Duchess Wrote:I can't answer that without sounding self absorbed.
Because it gives you an 'outdoors-y' glow. ::bigg::
I like to stay tanned. I don't need hours in the sun to do it. Simply walking around doing my 'business' will tan me quite nicely. My granny used to tan till she was very brown - her skin did NOT look like that woman's in the picture! She did this until her 79th year and her health prevented her from swimming and going to the pool or beach. Her skin was actually quite nice and tight for her age.
- Cynical Ninja - 07-30-2009
Some people say it looks more "healthy"?, if thats the case Arabs and Mexicans must be really healthy then yeah?
You are the colour you are for a reason, DNA, genes etc, live with it.
I have always found the idea of cooking yourself like vienna sausage ludicrously stupid this just proves it conclusively.
- The Antagonist - 07-30-2009
Don't be jealous just because you go from Cheeze Doodle to a red lobster if you try to tan.
And yes, Arabs do look more healthy ::bravo:
o do Sicilian grannies. ::bravo::- Cynical Ninja - 07-30-2009
If you want to be orange thats your business.
- Duchess - 07-30-2009
We are not orange, we are a lovely golden brown.
And just how attractive would we be in our pretty summer clothes with a farmers tan fer christssake...Right, like I'd ever be caught in public or by the pool like that...ain't gonna happen...Some people smoke, drink, do drugs, drive carelessly, etc, I choose to work on having a fab tan...We all know the dangers.