Tanning machines as risky as smoking

Published: 3 August 2009 y., Monday
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Topping up your tan on a sunbed is being compared to the cancer risks associated with smoking.

Researchers from the International Agency for Research on Cancer say sunbeds could increase the risk of skin tumours by 75 percent.

Šaltinis: Reuters
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