FDA Drops Proposed Ban on Indoor Tanning for Minors

FDA drops proposed ban on indoor tanning for minors

Days before the 2024 presidential election, future Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. posted a statement on X promising to end the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's "aggressive suppression" of such alternative therapies as raw milk, ivermectin,…

Kennedy pulls rule that would have banned tanning for minors

Days before the 2024 presidential election, future Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. posted a statement on X promising to end the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's "aggressive suppression" of such alternative therapies as raw milk, ivermectin,…

RFK Jr. Pulls Teen Tanning Bed Ban Despite Cancer Warnings

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a sitting United States Health Secretary who looks like he was reupholstered in 1987 and left on a porch in Phoenix, has decided that the real public health emergency in America is teenagers not having enough access to tanning beds. Kennedy quietly withdrew a long pending FDA rule in March that would have banned minors from indoor tanning facilities and required adults to sign a waiver acknowledging the cancer risk before …

RFK Jr. Made It Easier for Teens To Use Tanning Beds: Katie’s Dermatologist Reacts

The leading proponent of making America healthy again is confounding medical experts with his latest move: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. just made it easier for teens to use tanning beds. Last week, the Health Secretary withdrew a 2015 proposal by the FDA that would've banned minors from using tanning beds and required adults to sign a waiver acknowledging that indoor tanning poses risks, including skin cancer and serious burns. Experts say that using t…