Tanning Beds Are Shockingly Bad For You
Posted by: Nikki Dowling
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3:40PM, Wednesday July 29th 2009
I knew tanning beds weren’t a great idea, but I didn’t realize they were this bad! People who start fake-baking before age 30 have a 75 percent higher chance of getting cancer and are eight times more likely to get melanoma. [Guh-reat.—Editor] But, wait: It gets worse. Asbestos, arsenic, radium, and cigarettes are all as carcinogenic as the UV light found in tanning booths. Some tanning salons say they use UV-A light, which was previously thought to be safer, but the committee that conducted this study says, “Hell, no.” No matter what type of UV radiation you’re exposed to, you’re in trouble. Stay away, girls. Stay far, far away! I wonder if tanning salons will have to put some kind of warning signs on their front doors, like you see on packs of ciggies. [LA Times]
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I Go To 11
wrote on July 29 2009 @ 02:56 pm: [report]
This is why I always say that pale is the new tan. If I’m going to have tanned skin, it’s because it comes with the territory of distance running outside. Plus, I got turned off from intentionally tanning when my mom had a skin cancer scare a few years back. No thanks.
Humble Bee
wrote on July 29 2009 @ 03:01 pm: [report]
I think it should be illegal. If you want to burn, go to the beach, but dont blame the tanning salon when you get skin cancer. Tanning beds are like standing in the hot sun for about 2 hours, why do you think we wear sun block?, cause it smells good? NO!, to protect ourselves from the UV rays, and now these bimbos go and lay in UV rays for an hour! ppfffftttt. Maybe they should just let these dummies be.
IrishErin
wrote on July 29 2009 @ 03:23 pm: [report]
Add this to the list of reasons it is awesome to have Irish heritage and be ghastly pale. Right next to “won’t look like a leather suitcase when I’m 40”.
belongsomewhere
wrote on July 29 2009 @ 06:49 pm: [report]
Wow, I’ve known this for a pretty long time. We had a whole session dedicated to it in my 9th grade health class, and I’m a college sophomore now. Did people really not know that? I assumed it was common knowledge…
stormygirl
wrote on July 29 2009 @ 07:01 pm: [report]
it’s kind of obvious. think about it, you are laying on a tanning bed, cooking your entire body like a rump roast. you don’t need a tan. I always knew tanning salons were unhealthy.
Mags
wrote on July 29 2009 @ 11:44 pm: [report]
I had a friend that worked at a local tanning salon in our college town. She told me that she had a few regular clients who were still tanning despite finding out that they were preggers. If tanning isn’t silly enough, way to have a literal bun in the oven.