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Self-tanners: What's safe and what's not

Posted on Apr 12th 2007 7:18AM by Rigel Celeste

Filed Under: Diet & Weight Loss, Alternative & Green Health

I'm like anybody else -- I think tan just looks better. But I also believe the health risks associated with sun (or even worse: tanning bed) exposure is very real. I don't want to look wrinkled before my time, or get an easily avoided and potentially deadly disease like skin cancer, so I'm always looking for the latest and greatest in self-tanning products.

So naturally when I saw this article I had to take a look, and thankfully it doesn't sound like there's anything to worry about. Now if I can just find a tanner that never EVER streaks...

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Tags: cancer, carcinoma, melanoma, self tanner, SelfTanner, skin cancer, skin damage, SkinCancer, SkinDamage, sun, tan, tanner, tanners, tanning, UV

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Todd Malone 4-15-2007 @ 1:00AM

Please stop aiding the spread of gross misinformation!

Re: http://www.tanningtruth.com/test/pdf/cancercoverup.pdf

The Skin Cancer Cover-up by Professor Sam Shuster...
Every summer we're warned that the sun can kill. In fact, most sun-provoked lesions are benign, and not really cancers at all. A clinical scientist writes.

Re: http://www.healthresearchforum.org.uk/sunlight.html

SUNLIGHT ROBBERY By Oliver Gillie
Health benefits of sunlight are denied by current public health policy in the UK.

Re: http://www.tanningtruth.com/page.php?pid=17

“Sun Scare”: How Commercialism Has Twisted Proper Sun Care