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4th Annual Tan Awareness Week Starts Monday

Friday, May 25, 2012
Tan Awareness Week is the JCTA’s way of combating the CDA’s SunScare Week June 4th to the 9th. The JCTA has had success in reducing the media coverage that the CDA get each year since we started the annual event.… continue reading

Council looks at tan ban for kids – City of Mississauga

Thursday, May 24, 2012
May 23, 2012 – 4:31 PM  The City of Mississauga is considering banning minors from using tanning beds in an attempt to reduce rising rates of skin cancer among youth.… continue reading

‘Sun Scare’ Docs Keep On Lying

Thursday, May 24, 2012
Thursday, May 24th, 2012
Facing an avalanche of pro-sun and vitamin D reports challenging their unnatural sun-scare dogma, ‘Sun Scare’ doctors in this year’s crop of anti-tanning stories and lobbying efforts have stooped well beyond spin and are simply misstating facts to make reports seem even more sensational.
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Stunning New Way to Flush Away Skin Cancer

Wednesday, May 23, 2012
By Dr. Mercola
Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States. In fact, the incidence of skin cancer cases each year is higher than all other cancer combined, and has risen more than 300 percent since 1992.
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Sun Avoidance Deadly: D Council

Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012 SmartTan.com
The Vitamin D Council reported this week that overzealous sun avoidance campaigns — the darlings of dermatology and government groups in many developed countries — are killing people.
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