Sunbed salons ‘openly flout ban on youngsters’

Woman Calls For Sunbed Ban After Stage Four Cancer Diagnosis, Age 23

A woman who used sunbeds for “less than an hour in total” has called for the UK government to ban them after her brief attempt at getting a pre-holiday “base tan” led to stage four cancer. Lily Murphy, 30, from Watford, was diagnosed with melanoma at 23 years old, after briefly using sunbeds to “start” […] The post Woman Calls For Sunbed Ban After Stage Four Cancer Diagnosis, Age 23 appeared first on Sick Chirpse.

Sunbed salons ‘openly flout ban on youngsters’

One in five tanning salons is accepting minors in ‘flagrant breaches’ of the law, as cancer charities have warned that children as young as First Communion age are using sunbeds. It comes as new data obtained by Extra.ie points to a negligent attitude to customer health in the tanning industry, with one third of formal salon inspections having been failed in the past two years. Responding to the revelations, the minister responsible for public h…