how likely are tanning beds to cause fatal skin cancer?
A new scientific analysis has upgraded tanning beds’ cancer risk from a likely cause to a definite cause of the disease. The report, by experts at the International Agency for Research on Cancer, the cancer arm of the World Health Organization, changes the category for tanning beds and other sources of ultraviolet radiation. It concludes skin cancer risk increases 75 percent for those who used tanning beds before the age of 30. The experts also found mutations in mice when exposed to either UVA or UVB light. Previously, only one type of ultraviolet radiation was thought to be lethal. Their report, published in the August edition of Lancet Oncology, analyzed 20 separate studies. “Claims are that tanning beds are UVA light, and that doesn’t cause a problem, but the report puts that theory to rest,” said Dr. Len Lichtenfeld, deputy chief medical officer for the American Cancer Society in Atlanta, who read the findings. “It says it doesn’t matter if it’s UVA or UVB [light].” Tanning beds h
A new scientific analysis has upgraded tanning beds’ cancer risk from a likely cause to a definite cause of the disease. The report, by experts at the International Agency for Research on Cancer, the cancer arm of the World Health Organization, changes the category for tanning beds and other sources of ultraviolet radiation. It concludes skin cancer risk increases 75 percent for those who used tanning beds before the age of 30. The experts also found mutations in mice when exposed to either UVA or UVB light. Previously, only one type of ultraviolet radiation was thought to be lethal. Their report, published in the August edition of Lancet Oncology, analyzed 20 separate studies. “Claims are that tanning beds are UVA light, and that doesn’t cause a problem, but the report puts that theory to rest,” said Dr. Len Lichtenfeld, deputy chief medical officer for the American Cancer Society in Atlanta, who read the findings. “It says it doesn’t matter if it’s UVA or UVB [light].” Tanning beds h
