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Brazil Bans all Tanning Equipment.

Friday, November 13, 2009
Agency Regulatory Health of Brazil BAN ARTIFICIAL TANNING – Brazil will not spend $ 1 in research with UV, but if you feel competent to innovate in the world; – Act of Agency was dictatorial, because it made the public consultation just to meet protocol, it simply did not recognize, among dozens of international scientific papers submitted for the tanning, the consolidation of the consultation was: “The recommendation is for the ban the artificial tanning why not presented new scientific evidence in the Public Consultation “; – The Agency has banned artificial tanning by CLUES cancer risk, but allows a high intake of the population of drug Dipyrone (banned in Europe, USA, Australia and Japan) that kills Brazilians each year; – The thousands of Tanning professionals, hitherto law-abiding citizens and workers from one day to another are treated as felons, and their shops closed and their equipment confiscated.… continue reading

American Academy of Dermatology Association Commends Howard County, Md. for Enacting the Most Restrictive Indoor Tanning Regulation in the Country

Friday, November 13, 2009
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.,Yesterday, the Howard County, Md., Board of Health voted unanimously to adopt a regulation which prohibits the use of indoor tanning devices for all residents under the age of 18. This regulation is the most restrictive of its kind in the nation.… continue reading

Regina man files lawsuit after being trapped inside a blazing tanning bed

Friday, November 13, 2009
By Jana G. Pruden, Leader-Post Jason Viles had to break his way out of a locked tanning bed after it caught on fire in January. He filed a lawsuit Monday against Millennium Tanning Salon. A lawsuit filed at Regina Court of Queen’s Bench on Monday alleges Millennium Tanning Salon was negligent in a variety of ways at the time of the January blaze, during which Jason Viles was forced to break his way out of a locked tanning bed after it caught fire.… continue reading

Canadians Asking: Vitamin D, Where are you?

Friday, November 13, 2009
Thousands of independent studies in the past three years have revealed a strong connection between vitamin D deficiency and increased risk for a variety of serious illnesses including as many as 22 forms of cancer, heart disease, diabetes, osteoporosis and multiple sclerosis, as well as common colds and flus.… continue reading

Where Can You Get A Vitamin For Free?

Thursday, November 12, 2009
By: James Carpentier http://themontclarion.org/archives/1036 Of all the vitamin bottles found in pharmacies and nutrition stores, there is one vitamin that you can get for free. Can you guess which one? Hint: It’s probably the hottest vitamin discussed in both medical and scientific circles, and it has been widely publicized in newspapers and magazines during the past few years.… continue reading

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