Democrat congresswoman calls for ban on minors using tanning devices
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[quote]Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) called for a national ban on the use of tanning devices, which she described as “essentially carcinogen delivery systems,” by those under 18, on Wednesday at the U.S. Capitol.[/quote]
[quote]“Half of the top 125 colleges in the United States had tanning beds either on campus or in off-campus student housing,” said DeLauro. “Another study again by the Academy of Dermatology found that 18 of country’s top 100 colleges had agreements with salons allowing students to use their university debit card to pay for tanning sessions. As the report’s author concluded and this is a quote, ‘these agreements constitute an endorsement and even encourage indoor tanning.’”[/quote]
Source: [url]http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/ali-meyer/democrat-congresswoman-calls-national-ban-tanning-those-under-18[/url]
I kinda agree, I never knew minors could use tanning beds. It's literally inducing cancer for the sake of looking a bit more like that guy from jersey shore.
Source from [url]http://www.skincancer.org:[/url]
[quote]No matter what you may hear at tanning salons, the cumulative damage caused by UV radiation can lead to premature skin aging (wrinkles, lax skin, brown spots, and more), as well as skin cancer. [B]Indoor ultraviolet (UV) tanners are 74 percent more likely to develop melanoma than those who have never tanned indoors.[/B][/quote]
[quote]Indoor ultraviolet (UV) tanners are 74 percent more likely to develop melanoma than those who have never tanned indoors.[/quote]
Jesus fuck, she's right, that's nothing more than a fucking fast track to skin cancer.
I never got why people want to look more tan. I like lighter, paler skin. I'm a lifeguard and I use 110 SPF, baby sunscreen, when I'm out in the sun, because I think unnaturally tan skin looks gross
[QUOTE=proboardslol;47792713]I never got why people want to look more tan. I like lighter, paler skin. I'm a lifeguard and I use 110 SPF, baby sunscreen, when I'm out in the sun, because I think unnaturally tan skin looks gross[/QUOTE]
I use sunscreen because I think skin cancer looks gross.
[QUOTE=proboardslol;47792713]I never got why people want to look more tan. I like lighter, paler skin. I'm a lifeguard and I use 110 SPF, baby sunscreen, when I'm out in the sun, because I think unnaturally tan skin looks gross[/QUOTE]
To me: fake tans look like the aftermath of some horrid liver disease. Or just plain uncanny at best.
Yeah this should definitely not be allowed. Pretty sure it's illegal to let someone under 18 to go on a sun bed here
It's illegal in Norway, thought that was the norm. I hope this passes, for the sake of Americas future.
Can't people just accept their own skin colour? It is what it is. Deal with it / enjoy it / whatever.
Anyway, this sounds like a good idea - however...
The Sun = a tanning device. No kids allowed to be outside.
[QUOTE=ph:lxyz;47793190]Can't people just accept their own skin colour? It is what it is. Deal with it / enjoy it / whatever.
Anyway, this sounds like a good idea - however...
The Sun = a tanning device. No kids allowed to be outside.[/QUOTE]
The sun is not a device.
[QUOTE=ph:lxyz;47793190]Can't people just accept their own skin colour? It is what it is. Deal with it / enjoy it / whatever.[/QUOTE]
Why deal with it when you can change it?
Why not just use the sun?
I got all tanned in a week of sitting outside in the sun on the patio on clear days of sun with a bit of wind to cool me down.
And I bet I got a tan much better than any dumbass that uses a tanning bed.
[QUOTE=proboardslol;47792713]I never got why people want to look more tan. I like lighter, paler skin. I'm a lifeguard and I use 110 SPF, baby sunscreen, when I'm out in the sun, because I think unnaturally tan skin looks gross[/QUOTE]
Just a heads up, but there's no real evidence that SPF values above 50 are any more effective (which is why the EU limits labeling to 50).
[QUOTE=proboardslol;47792713]I never got why people want to look more tan. I like lighter, paler skin. I'm a lifeguard and I use 110 SPF, baby sunscreen, when I'm out in the sun, because I think unnaturally tan skin looks gross[/QUOTE]
Its funny, in countries with Caucasians, people want to get more tanned. In countries with darker asians (or even most asians in general) they want to get whiter with whitening cream.
You should see the adverts for whitening creams here. Well, we're not as crazy as India though, because its on huge ass fucking billboards there.
To the point where its like racism there:
[video=youtube;ubbufbkbovY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubbufbkbovY[/video]
Yes, nobody should be orange in january, context, in Ohio we have a hazy diffused glow for 5 months out of the year as it gets cloudy in November and doesn't clear up until april
[editline]24th May 2015[/editline]
Also I never could understand why anyone wanted that, your skin looks like a burnt piece of leather after a year of tanning
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Source: [url]http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/ali-meyer/democrat-congresswoman-calls-national-ban-tanning-those-under-18[/url]
I kinda agree, I never knew minors could use tanning beds. It's literally inducing cancer for the sake of looking a bit more like that guy from jersey shore.
Source from [url]http://www.skincancer.org:[/url][/QUOTE]
i was about to come in here and be like "even as a democrat this is a bit extreme, it's tanning" but i had no idea that indoor tanners are [B]74% more likely[/B] to develop melanoma
hoooooooolllllllllllllyyyyyyyyy shiiiTTTTTTTTTTTTTT that's not even debatable that's fucking massive
Please let this go through, fucking tired of listening to the stupid tanning commercials on the radio.
I knew a girl in high school who got fake tanning so much her legs matched the color of the lunchroom tables. They were that sawdust stuff with like a fake brown plastic wood laminate. When I saw they matched colors one day I lost my appetite :<
She also earned nicknames like the living dorito.
[QUOTE=BrickInHead;47793418]i was about to come in here and be like "even as a democrat this is a bit extreme, it's tanning" but i had no idea that indoor tanners are [B]74% more likely[/B] to develop melanoma
hoooooooolllllllllllllyyyyyyyyy shiiiTTTTTTTTTTTTTT that's not even debatable that's fucking massive[/QUOTE]
Every republican concerned about jerbs: "I'm no scientist but this ban is bad for jobs"
You can try to ban cancer factories but if people are employed by them republicans will say its bad science and bad economics, forget that is for the betterment of society
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Also I never could understand why anyone wanted that, your skin looks like a burnt piece of leather after a year of tanning[/QUOTE]
That skin [i]is[/i] a burnt piece of leather at that point.
If you really wanna be a bit darker, just go outside, or use a fake tan
Girlfriend works in a tanning place despite not using anything herself. Apparently you get the same people coming in every three hours for 12 minutes. Spending hundreds a year to look like an orange.
I never understood fake tans, surely if they're convincing people are going to think you've actually been somewhere nice, maybe even ask about it, and then it's just an awkward "uhh no I just lay in a cancer box for a while"
Tanned = must have been on holiday might just be a cultural thing though, we don't get a lot of sun here
Skin Cancer is scary shit, too. It's sneaky. If you catch it early, it's nearly 100% treatable, but if it has progressed past a certain point your chances of survival plummet. Sadly, by the time you have physical symptoms (feelings of sickness), it is probably too late. The only thing you can do is regularly check your moles, and don't delay if you have any suspicious looking ones.
I had a skin cancer scare last month, and coincidentally seeing this chart could have saved my life. I noticed several moles that looked dangerous, and went in to get them checked out. Turns out one was, but I had caught it early enough to simply cut it out right there in the office.
[img]http://www.ivillage.ca/sites/default/files/imagecache/node_photo_gallery_single_view/abcde-skin-cancer-chart-636.jpg[/img]
Skin cancer is extremely common, even among people who don't tan. Approximately 1-in-5 people will get a melanoma during their lives. Check your moles for these potentially dangerous signs:
-Asymmetry
-Borders: jagged or notched edges
-Colors: especially black, white, red, and blue splotches
-Diameter: If it's bigger than a pencil eraser
-Evolving: If the size or colors change between inspection
Shit I didn't know they were that bad, I had to use them several times when I was younger before going on vacation, because I was supposed to prepare for extreme amounts of sun or something
Tanned skin looks good if your not a fucking orange. Untanned skin is gross as fuck though, some people (like me) get yellowish, almost dead looking skin if we don't sit in the sun.
[QUOTE=BrickInHead;47793418]i was about to come in here and be like "even as a democrat this is a bit extreme, it's tanning" but i had no idea that indoor tanners are [B]74% more likely[/B] to develop melanoma
hoooooooolllllllllllllyyyyyyyyy shiiiTTTTTTTTTTTTTT that's not even debatable that's fucking massive[/QUOTE]
Well, to be fair, neither of us knows what that means.
I'd imagine the people "addicted" to their stupid tan skews the average, like, you probably aren't 74% more likely with just one go.
Either way artificial tanning is stupid, but I think the risk factor rises depending on how much you do it.
[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;47793765]Skin Cancer is scary shit, too. It's sneaky. If you catch it early, it's nearly 100% treatable, but if it has progressed past a certain point your chances of survival plummet. Sadly, by the time you have physical symptoms (feelings of sickness), it is probably too late. The only thing you can do is regularly check your moles, and don't delay if you have any suspicious looking ones.
I had a skin cancer scare last month, and coincidentally seeing this chart could have saved my life. I noticed several moles that looked dangerous, and went in to get them checked out. Turns out one was, but I had caught it early enough to simply cut it out right there in the office.
[img]http://www.ivillage.ca/sites/default/files/imagecache/node_photo_gallery_single_view/abcde-skin-cancer-chart-636.jpg[/img]
Skin cancer is extremely common, even among people who don't tan. Approximately 1-in-5 people will get a melanoma during their lives. Check your moles for these potentially dangerous signs:
-Asymmetry
-Borders: jagged or notched edges
-Colors: especially black, white, red, and blue splotches
-Diameter: If it's bigger than a pencil eraser
-Evolving: If the size or colors change between inspection[/QUOTE]
having a disease like that sneak up on you is just one of the scariest things, at this very moment there could be a cancer developing or something, without much of a sign. freaks me out occasionally
completely agree, I mean i think the things should be banned outright but minors should definitely not be allowed on these things. Adults can at least have the choice.
[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;47793765]Skin Cancer is scary shit, too. It's sneaky. If you catch it early, it's nearly 100% treatable, but if it has progressed past a certain point your chances of survival plummet. Sadly, by the time you have physical symptoms (feelings of sickness), it is probably too late. The only thing you can do is regularly check your moles, and don't delay if you have any suspicious looking ones.
I had a skin cancer scare last month, and coincidentally seeing this chart could have saved my life. I noticed several moles that looked dangerous, and went in to get them checked out. Turns out one was, but I had caught it early enough to simply cut it out right there in the office.
[img]http://www.ivillage.ca/sites/default/files/imagecache/node_photo_gallery_single_view/abcde-skin-cancer-chart-636.jpg[/img]
Skin cancer is extremely common, even among people who don't tan. Approximately 1-in-5 people will get a melanoma during their lives. Check your moles for these potentially dangerous signs:
-Asymmetry
-Borders: jagged or notched edges
-Colors: especially black, white, red, and blue splotches
-Diameter: If it's bigger than a pencil eraser
-Evolving: If the size or colors change between inspection[/QUOTE]
Great.... I have more moles than braincells, I am SO fucked.
[QUOTE=Van-man;47799211]Great.... I have more moles than braincells, I am SO fucked.[/QUOTE]
I'm the same way. Just keep a watch on 'em! Do an inspection once a month, and take pictures of them if need be so that you can keep track of whether or not they're evolving.
The good news is that catching a cancerous mole when it starts developing the visible signs of melanoma is pretty much all you have to do. Basically 100% survival rate at that stage. It's so easy to "cure" that they can do it right in the examination room with a quick shot of numbing agent and a tiny hole-puncher that pulls out a plug of skin, and the entire mole with it. Takes about five seconds. Stings a little bit afterwards, but not bad enough to make a fuss over.
But ye, be vigilant, especially if you have fair skin and/or lots of moles already. Moles aren't a problem in themselves, but [I]any[/I] mole [I]can[/I] potentially develop into a melanoma. Just because one is benign now doesn't mean it will be forever. So stay sharp, look yourself over frequently, and get check skin checkups from a dermatologist once a year (maybe twice if you have lots of moles and want to be extra thorough. A doctor's visit doesn't take long, and most halfway decent insurance policies give you a free cancer screening once a year, or at least only make you buck up a pretty cheap co-pay.
Long story short, tanning beds should be straight up banned. Not just for minors, but across the country. Consider this: lung cancer among smokers is about 1-in-13. Skin cancer among tanners is about [I]1-in-3.[/I] You've got better odds at Russian Roulette. All for the sake of darker skin. To make matters worse, melanomas aren't the only form of skin cancer that tanners are susceptible to. Regularly tanning puts you in the running for forms of skin cancer that are much more tenacious, and much harder to detect.
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