8.05.2009

Tanning Beds

Sunbeds pose a similar cancer risk as cigarettes and asbestos, according to an international cancer research agency. The agency is now recommending that tanning machines should be moved to "the highest cancer risk category" and be labeled as "carcinogenic to humans". It followed a review of research that concluded that the risk of melanoma -- the most deadly form of skin cancer -- was increased by 75 percent in people who started using sunbeds regularly before the age of 30.

Melanoma is the second most common cancer in women aged 20 - 29.5, according to the America Melanoma Foundation.

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