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Cancer and Teen Tanning: Where’s the Regulation?
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommendation — for adults — is to keep tanning-bed exposure to no more than three times a week during the first week of tanning. And yet a survey of more than 3,600 tanning salons in 50 states has found that 71% would turn a blind eye to that guideline when it came to teenage customers. Most salons said they would readily allow teenagers to tan seven times a week. Continue reading