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Tuesday, August 18, 2009
HEADLINE STORY: Smart Tan member responds in print, on the radio, to false IARC report   Smart Tan member Tracey McKone, using material supplied to her by both Smart Tan and the Joint Canadian Tanning Association, authored perhaps the most effective response to date to this month’s false IARC’s report which incorrectly alleged tanning is as dangerous as arsenic or tobacco because UV light has been classified as a carcinogen.… continue reading

To tan or not to tan

Tuesday, August 18, 2009
By ROBIN HARVEY FOR THE WHIG-STANDARD Lynn Fraser will never forget what it was like to lose a family member to melanoma in 2002. “It was horrible, just horrible,” says Fraser, who works in Lennox and Addington County. Her relative was diagnosed at age 47.… continue reading

Salons pass reporter’s undercover tests

Tuesday, August 18, 2009
By ROBIN HARVEY FOR THE WHIG-STANDARD  On behalf of the newspaper, a subject anonymously visited two salons in Napanee to experience the tanning-bed treatment. Both salons indicated up front they would require a parent’s permission if a person under 18 wished to tan.… continue reading

Are Tanning Beds Really as Dangerous as Arsenic and Mustard Gas?

Tuesday, August 18, 2009
International cancer experts have moved tanning beds and ultraviolet radiation into the top cancer risk category, deeming both to be definite causes of cancer. For years, scientists have described tanning beds and ultraviolet radiation as “probable carcinogens.” A new analysis of about 20 studies concludes the risk of skin cancer jumps by 75 percent when people start using tanning beds before age 30.… continue reading

Carole Baggerly – Vitamin D prevents Breast Cancer seminar – Aug 17th 2009

Saturday, August 15, 2009
Are you ready to prevent breast cancer NOW? A recent story from Canada was that there was a 94% greater probability of cancer recurrence in women with low vitamin D levels. There’s no need for this to continue. We can stop breast cancer now!… continue reading

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