Are Tanning Beds Dangerous Links

Call to ban tanning beds

The West Australian Cancer Council has renewed its calls for solariums to be banned in WA.

Do Tanning Salons Lie About Risks?

The results are in when it comes to tanning salons, and the findings are illuminating. An overwhelming amount of tanning salons do not tell the truth when it comes to the health risks of indoor bronzing, according to an investigative report conducted by members of the U.S. House of Members of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee.

Tanning Salons Lie About Health Risks Says Congressional Panel

A report compiled by the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee slates tanning salons for not making the risks clear to their customers. The committee asked for a thorough investigation to find out whether tanning salons across the country make it clear to their clients the health issues associated with the services they offer. In a sting operation, the committee investigators made enquiries ...

Indoor tanning linked to skin cancer

Indoor tanning may significantly increase the risk of developing early-onset skin cancer, a new Yale study has found. A team of researchers from the Yale School of Public Health reported that individuals who used tanning beds at least once are at a 69 percent greater risk of developing basal cell carcinoma, the most common form of skin cancer, before the age of 40. The study, published in the ...

The risks from overusing tanning salons

When Jessica Lilley was 15, she made her debut at a tanning salon. The shopkeeper who had sold her the ivory silk gown that she would wear in a beauty pageant insisted that the blue-eyed blonde would look even more fabulous with a good tan.