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Government urged to consider a 'total ban' on commercial sunbeds
Government urged to consider a 'total ban' on commercial sunbeds Ministers have been urged to consider a total sunbed ban in the UK, warning that commercial tanning regulation has failed to reduce use despite existing laws Government advisers have called for a "total ban" on commercial sunbeds, amid growing concerns over rising usage amongst young people. The latest report from the Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment (Comare), which advises the Government on the...
Skin cancer risks from sunbed use and their control
Skin cancer risks from sunbed use and their control COMARE’s 21st report reviews scientific evidence on skin cancer risks and other health effects from sunbed use and considers options for control of their use. In this report, the Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment (COMPARE) provides a short update of the 13th report, published in 2009, which considered this topic in detail. Review of more recent science supports the previous conclusions that sunbed use is a small...
Sunbed firm in hot seat over false claims that tanned skin protects against sunburn
Health organisations refute assertion by Sunbed Association that tanning is protective and warn it could increase risk of skin cancerThe body that represents the UK’s sunbed salons is wrongly insisting that a tan protects against sunburn, even though leading medical bodies say that claim is untrue.Health organisations have challenged the accuracy of information being disseminated by the Sunbed Association, which on its website asks: “Is it true there is no such thing as a safe tan?” Continue...
Sunbed firm in hot seat over false claims that tanned skin protects against sunburn
Health organisations refute assertion by Sunbed Association that tanning is protective and warn it could increase risk of skin cancerThe body that represents the UK’s sunbed salons is wrongly insisting that a tan protects against sunburn, even though leading medical bodies say that claim is untrue.Health organisations have challenged the accuracy of information being disseminated by the Sunbed Association, which on its website asks: “Is it true there is no such thing as a safe tan?” Continue...
Total sunbed ban urged by government advisers over skin cancer fears
Total sunbed ban urged by government advisers over skin cancer fears Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation’s report suggests that laws to control use of the machines have not been effective - Bookmark - CommentsGo to comments Government advisers are urging ministers to consider a "total ban" on commercial sunbeds, citing concerns over their increasing popularity among young people and operators making "false and unsubstantiated claims of health benefits". A new report from the Committee...
Sunbed firm in hot seat over false claims that tanned skin protects against sunburn
Health organisations have refuted claims made by the Sunbed Association that tanning protects against sunburn. Leading medical bodies warn that the association's assertion is untrue and that tanning may actually increase the risk of skin cancer.
Horror as Brit dies at busy Canary Islands beach after dramatic helicopter rescue
Horror as Brit dies at busy Canary Islands beach after dramatic helicopter rescue A British man has died in Fuerteventura after suffering a cardiac arrest following a helicopter rescue from the sea A British man has died in Fuerteventura after he was pulled from the sea in a dramatic helicopter rescue. Emergency services were called to Playa del Águila, also known as Playa de La Escalera, in the La Oliva municipality in the north of the Canary Island, at around 5.30pm on Thursday, after...