Ben Kazie MD

Tanning beds pose as big a risk as tobacco and asbestos. An international panel of cancer experts upgraded the warning on tanning beds from probably to definitely able to cause cancer. A new analysis of about 20 studies concludes risk of skin cancer jumps by 75% when people start using tanning beds before age 30.

International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), of the World Health Organization, found all types of ultraviolet radiation caused worrying mutations in mice, proof the radiation is carcinogenic.

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.
Food and Drug Administration is considering strengthening its warnings about the risk of skin cancer and eye damage related to tanning bed use.

The time has come for the FDA to restrict the use of tanning beds and to issue stronger warnings of their dangers.

Study: Tanning beds as deadly as arsenic – http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gD9RMlc1GQNjyJTQK3XkV7cdW5lQD99NORBO0

Tanning Beds Get Highest Carcinogen Rating – http://healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=629473

Melanoma risk rises 75 percent when device use begins before age 30, international panel says – http://healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=629473

Study: Tanning beds definitely cause skin cancer – http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/study-tanning-beds-definitely-cause-skin-cancer-1.1333580

Tanning beds as deadly as arsenic? – http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/health/51943102.html?elr=KArks7PYDiaK7DUvckD_V_jEyhD:UiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU

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