"Several countries and 19 states have banned people under 18 - and, in some places, adults - from indoor tanning salons, and dermatologists say that those bans have saved lives. Dr. Clara Curiel-Lewandroski of the Skin Cancer Institute at the University of Arizona said that she has seen the results of youth tanning when she has had to treat people in their 20s and 30s for advanced melanoma."
"“There's a lot of regret. Regret for not knowing more, for not getting more help to understand the threat,” she told the LA Times. “This is an age group that has a very hard time assessing risk. At that age, they don't view carcinogens as a real threat.”"
"Kennedy's tanning-beds-for-tots move comes just as ProPublica reports that an increasing number of parents are refusing vitamin K shots for their new"
HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. paused efforts to ban gender-affirming care for trans youth and instead moved to stop a proposed rule that would have barred children from tanning salons. The change is framed against scientific and medical guidance supporting gender-affirming care as the safest and most effective treatment for gender dysphoria. The article links the tanning policy shift to claims about tanning and skin cancer, including misinformation about sunscreen and “solar callus.” Multiple countries and 19 U.S. states have banned indoor tanning for people under 18, and dermatologists report that the bans have saved lives. A dermatologist describes treating young people later for advanced melanoma and emphasizes regret and difficulty assessing risk at that age.
#indoor-tanning-bans #melanoma-and-skin-cancer #public-health-policy #youth-risk-and-prevention #misinformation-about-sunscreen
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