Comments on: Reconsider indoor tanning https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/10/04/reconsider-indoor-tanning/ Fri, 05 Oct 2012 21:49:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: MarkH https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/10/04/reconsider-indoor-tanning/#comment-495165 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 21:49:31 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=13637#comment-495165 I don’t get it, the butt is where the sun doesn’t shine. Is the point to compare their butt to other parts of the body? **shudders**

Anyway, I’m astounded these kinds of studies are even necessary. There is corporate denialism propagated by the tanning industry that claims that indoor tanning is somehow different, but this of course makes no physical sense. It’s the radiation stupid. It doesn’t matter whether it’s from the sun or a light bulb, if it’s strong enough to cause free radical formation and pyrimidine bonds (or even ionize at the lower wavelengths of UV), it’s going to cause DNA damage.

]]> By: Gary Webster https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/10/04/reconsider-indoor-tanning/#comment-495164 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 03:19:16 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=13637#comment-495164 Now, now, lets not get personal here.

]]> By: danny satterfield https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/10/04/reconsider-indoor-tanning/#comment-495163 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 00:41:37 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=13637#comment-495163 A dermatologist once told me that if you want to see what the sun does to your skin, take a look at a 90 year old’s but.

]]> By: CherryBombSim https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/10/04/reconsider-indoor-tanning/#comment-495162 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 23:55:22 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=13637#comment-495162 People will not not stop tanning because of relative risk factors. This is a situation where the benefits are immediate and the absolute risks are still small, even though the relative risk is raised. To change their behavior, they will need to be punished in some way. What would you suggest?

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