This staggering announcement has tanning salons across the country squirming in their seats. Until now, the experts who advise the World Health Organization had not confirmed a link between tanning beds, sunlamps, and cancer. Basically you are putting your money into high risk and little reward stocks by stripping down to you bikini and toasting under the heat lamps every time you go tanning.
According to this article released by USNews.com, “Many dermatologists suggest that the tanning industry, like the tobacco industry before it, is manipulating and distorting scientific evidence to protect a dangerous product.” This isn’t surprising when you think about the big dollars that go into the tanning bed industry. One tanning bed can cost up to $15,000, and some salons have a dozen of them.
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Article Summary by: Lauren Alt, iHealth360 advocate for health reform