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Anti-tanning news article

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    • June 9, 2011 at 4:49 pm
    KatyWI
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      There is an excellent article on indoor tanning on msnbc.com today.  I think it is sourced from Self magazine.  It addresses a scary issue – some doctors are recommending patients tan for various health benefits, which the article explains are unfounded.  It is definitely an "unbalanced" article – delightfully so – becuase it breaks down the arguments of the tanning industry and lays out the fallacies.  A few choice quotes:

      "Indoor tanning doesn't have health benefits. It causes skin cancer!"

      There is an excellent article on indoor tanning on msnbc.com today.  I think it is sourced from Self magazine.  It addresses a scary issue – some doctors are recommending patients tan for various health benefits, which the article explains are unfounded.  It is definitely an "unbalanced" article – delightfully so – becuase it breaks down the arguments of the tanning industry and lays out the fallacies.  A few choice quotes:

      "Indoor tanning doesn't have health benefits. It causes skin cancer!"

      "Sending a patient to a tanning salon for vitamin D is the definition of insanity," Dr. Brod says.

      Check it out:  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43302984/ns/health-skin_and_beauty/

       

      KatyWI

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        • June 10, 2011 at 1:29 am
        bcl
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          Loved it Katy! ( Sorry I didn't see you had posted it before I posted it again though:)

          • June 10, 2011 at 1:29 am
          bcl
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            Loved it Katy! ( Sorry I didn't see you had posted it before I posted it again though:)

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