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Tanning Mom Case Spotlights Tanning Bed Dangers for Minors

Posted 19 June 2012

The bizarre case of "Tanning Mom" Patricia Krentcil, a New Jersey parent who allegedly put her 5-year-old daughter in a tanning booth where she sustained burns, comes only weeks after the Mayo Clinic announced that over the last 40 years melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin cancer, has increased eightfold for young women. The study attributes the dramatic rise to an increase in the use of indoor tanning beds. Read more...

CANSA urges all South Africans to sign its online petition against sunbeds being used on under 18 year olds BEFORE the 30th June 2012 - sign here... Gallery Above: Lucy Balona (CANSA), Bailey Schneider (MC | voice over artist | public figure & skin cancer survivor) and Kedibone Bonoko (International Hero of Hope and cervical cancer survivor) sign sunbed petition.

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