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Another Illinois City Enacts Teen Tan Ban

Posted 09.07.2012 | Chicago

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Springfield joined the list of Illinois cities that ban teenagers from tanning on Tuesday. Aldermen in the state's capital city voted 7-3 in favor ...

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What's Next For Tan Mom?

HuffingtonPost.com | Naughty But Nice Rob | Posted 08.31.2012 | Celebrity

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New Jersey’s "Tan Mom," Patricia Krentcil, found herself in the middle of a media firestorm after she pleaded not guilty to child endangerment charg...

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Your Sun-Friendly Beach Supplies Guide

The Huffington Post | Posted 07.06.2012 | Teen

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Laying out in the sun on the beach seems innocent enough until… ouch. You come home to discover that you're not only sunburnt, but your entire back ...

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Tanning Salons Face New Cancer Causing Safety Concerns

HuffingtonPost.com | Alicia Ciccone | Posted 06.15.2012 | Small Business

Sun (lamp) worshippers can't catch a break, and neither can the small-business owners catering to them. In a study commissioned by ABC News, a common ...

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Chicago Becomes First U.S. City To Ban Minors From Tanning Salons

Posted 08.06.2012 | Chicago

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Following the uproar over allegations that "Tanning Mom" Patricia Krentcil brought her 6-year-old daughter into a tanning booth, it was only a matter ...

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Police Seeing Red Over Mom Who Put 5-Year-Old In Tanning Booth

Posted 05.02.2012 | Crime

UPDATE MAY 2: A New Jersey mom denies that her 5-year-old daughter's sunburn was caused by a trip to a tanning salon. Patricia Krentcil told NBC that ...

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Nukes and Tanning Beds: How the Same Risk Can Feel SO Different

David Ropeik | Posted 06.04.2012 | Green

Read More: Tanning Beds, Melanoma, Skin Cancer, Fukushima, Risk Perception, Cancer, Radiation, Nuclear Power, Risk, Green News

Risk is a feeling, a subjective interpretation of the facts and numbers through a set of subconscious instinctive and emotional filters that can make the same facts seem more scary, or less.

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Why You Should Have A Tan-Free Prom! (Just Ask Miranda)

The Huffington Post | Marissa Piazzola | Posted 03.08.2012 | Teen

"I don't think teens realize the consequences associated with tanning," said iCarly actress Miranda Cosgrove, who is a new celebrity spokesperson for ...

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The ABCDEs of Melanoma: Don't Let Sun Worship Turn Fatal

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 08.13.2011 | Los Angeles

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Southern Californians carry on a love-hate relationship with sunshine: we love that bountiful sunny days mean plenty of time at the beach and outdoors, but we're wary of the damage it can do to our skin.

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Tanning Beds: The New Tobacco?

Ronald L. Moy, M.D., FAAD | Posted 08.10.2011 | Healthy Living

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Now, we find ourselves in a similar public health fight against another cancer-causing habit: tanning, and indoor tanning in particular.

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Despite Serious Risks, Teens Continue Indoor Tanning

The Huffington Post | Catherine Pearson | Posted 07.10.2011 | Home

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Though most teenage tanners believe that tanning beds can cause cancer, many of them go anyway, new research shows. A survey conducted on behalf of th...

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FBI Nabs Countrywide's Mozilo for Overtanning

Jack Hidary | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy

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The FBI announced last week that it failed to come up with financial charges against Angelo Mozilo, the notorious former head of Countrywide Financia...

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Vitamin D: What You Need To Know

Dr. Frank Lipman | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

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It's looking very much like we're facing an epidemic of Vitamin D deficiency, with potential grave consequences.

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Can You Be Addicted To Tanning? Study Says Yes

health.com | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

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Alcoholics, drug addicts, smokers, and gamblers have their 12-step programs--could Tanners Anonymous be next? A new study suggests that 1 in 5 people ...

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The Snooki-McCain Twitter Conversation: Part 2

Andy McDonald | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy

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SenJohnMcCain: aww yeaaaahh, shawties all night long snook-diesel! What kinda jams they bouncin there? any Glenn Miller Orchestra?? they are tha sheeeaaahht

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John McCain Backs Snooki's Attack On Obama, Tanning-Bed Tax

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

PHOENIX — Arizona Sen. John McCain is taking to Twitter to slam President Barack Obama, this time in an exchange with a star from MTV's hit real...

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Tanorexia: The Unhealthy Glow of a New Addiction

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles

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Have you been seeing more and more people, especially young people, who are tanned or bronzed for weeks at a time in say, February? Even in Los Angeles, that's not natural.

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Tanning Salon Tax Is Racist, Says Doc Thompson, Fill-In Host For Glenn Beck

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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Democrats probably won't talk about how health care reform is racist in the way it imposes unfair taxes on those Americans who are insufficiently melanin-enabled. Luckily, Glenn Beck's radio show is there to talk about this.

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The Dangers Of Indoor Tanning

aolhealth.com | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

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Although tanning beds were labeled "carcinogenic for humans" by the International Agency for Research of Cancer and moved to its highest cancer risk c...

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Bill To Ban Indoor Tanning For Teens

Albany NY | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

Just in time for summer, a bill moving through the Legislature would ban indoor tanning by anyone under age 18. The bill would replace a state law no...

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Why Tanning Beds Are the Cigarettes of Our Age

Kate White | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

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We owe it to everyone, particularly to young women, to make sure that the risks of tanning are clearly communicated and understood and that tanning beds are regulated as tightly as devices with their risk-profile merit.

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Tanning Beds: Tougher Cancer Warning Debated By FDA

AP | LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology

WASHINGTON — Just as millions head to tanning beds to prepare for spring break, the Food and Drug Administration will be debating how to toughen...

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Boehner Calls Tanning Tax 'Attack on Orange Americans'

Andy Borowitz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy

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The Senate's efforts to introduce a tax on tanning beds hit a roadblock today as Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) blasted the idea, calling it "a blatant attack on Orange Americans."

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