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What's up, doc?(long-wave ultraviolet rays linked to skin cancer)(treating a sty)(Brief article)
Current Health 2, a Weekly Reader publication
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December 1, 2006
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Q Is using a tanning bed safe?
--Camille S., Massachusetts
A Many teens hit tanning salons to avoid the harmful effects of the sun, but tanning beds aren't necessarily safer. These devices no longer use shortwave ultraviolet (UVB) radiation to tan the skin, but they do include long-wave ultraviolet (UVA) rays--which the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says "have a suspected link" to skin cancer. The damage caused by 30 minutes spent in a tanning bed is equivalent to the damage caused by a full day of sun exposure at the beach, according to the Skin Cancer ...
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