The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) had previously classified sunbeds as being a "probable" cause of cancer. That same agency is now recommending that tanning machines should be moved to "the highest cancer risk category" and be labeled as "carcinogenic to humans".According to their report, sunbeds pose a similar cancer risk as and cigarettesasbestos - this is a strong view, and as can be imagined, have already drawn opposition from interest groups.
The proposal to reclassify sunbeds followed a review of research that concluded that the risk of skin cancer (melanoma) -- was increased by 75 percent in people who started using sunbeds regularly before the age of 30. Surely this must be a large percentage of the "sunbed demographic"?
Some more in depth coverage on this can be found at:
We have done several blog updates in the pass on the risk of cancer associated with tanning:
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