The sunbeds can help achieve a beautiful golden hue after a long winter, but the European Union warned Friday that some tanning beds and operators violate safety standards, putting customers at risk of contracting skin cancer.
Brussels said Friday that 14 per cent of snubbed radiation limits violate the safe and tanning salons often do not warn their customers of the dangers of ultraviolet rays while using the equipment.
“I am worried because it was discovered that a high percentage of sun beds and snubbed services do not respect the safety rules,” he said in a statement the Consumer Affairs Commissioner of the EU, John Dalli.
“This is an important health concern because the incidence of skin cancer is doubling every 15-25 years,” he added.
The tanning beds have been considered by an international research group as one of the greatest threats to human cancer. Read more
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