From the same people who brought you the Finger Length Study and the Apostrophe Crusade we now have Tell me the Obvious!
England, you are definitely climbing my V-8 list! Now if you didn't read the article (because we all know how often people REALLY click on the embedded link) let me give you the run down. Tanning bed use is on the rise. Incidents of skin cancer are on the rise in the same age demographic. Therefore what we have always known to be a pretty obvious truth has been confirmed. Now we have just thrown enough money at "research" to claim it as a fact.
But here's one of my favorite parts of the article.
The new classification means tanning beds and ultraviolet radiation are definite causes of cancer, alongside tobacco, the hepatitis B virus and chimney sweeping, among others.
Well there goes my life long goal of being a chimney sweep! I find it very hard to believe that climbing inside what is pretty much the same thing as preburnt cigarette guts could cause cancer. How could that be?!
Oh, but there's more!
Cogliano said the classification means experts are confident that tanning beds cause cancer, but he noted they may not be as potent as other carcinogens like tobacco or arsenic.
Huh. Imagine that. Tanning beds are safer than arsenic. Good to know.
Now I know that some humans are just downright oblivious and pretty darn stupid. But isn't anyone else a little offended that science still thinks that we are too stupid to put together that UV rays from the sun can cause cancer so therefore UV rays from a machine will probably do the same thing?
Someday common sense is going to make a comeback. I hope it's not too soon! What would I blog about then?
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Yes, but I do know people who go to the tanning before going on their beach vacay so they won't burn and get skin cancer. I don't get it either.
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