Consumer Law

New Study Shows Link Between Use of Tanning Beds and Deadly Skin Cancers; FDA Considering Regulatory Action

By Brian Wolfman

The New York Times reports on a study in the journal Cancer showing a causal link between indoor tanning and the most deadly form of skin cancer -- melanoma.

Those who used indoor tanning devices were 1.74 times as likely to develop melanoma as those who did not. Frequent users ? who had more than 100 sessions or 50 hours of indoor tanning over 10 years ? were at 2.5 times the risk of non-users, the study found.

If you want more details, read the study itself. Given that this blog covers consumer law, you may want to know the following: The Times reports that the FDA is thinking of revising its regulations and guidelines on the subject.

Full post as published by CL&P Blog on June 01, 2010 (boomark / email).