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West Virginia lawmakers are the latest to adopt new laws surrounding tanning salons and teens. On May 1 West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin signed a law that requires teenagers using sunbeds in tanning salons to have a signed parental consent form.
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Toronto -
During the winter months there are more emergency shelter beds for those who live on the streets in Toronto. The Out of the Cold program adds at least 50 additional beds a night during the coldest months. That program ends as April arrives.
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The Canadian province of Ontario looks as if it will soon ban tanning beds/salons for persons under 18. A Bill proposing a ban is before Ontario's provincial legislature. The province of British Columbia has already enacted a ban last March.
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Tirana -
A vast array of ugly Igloo-shaped concrete bunkers litter Albania, a constant reminder of former Communist dictator Enver Hoxha's paranoia. A joint German-Albanian tourism project plans to put beds in the bunkers to transform them into tourist hostels.
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Nutley -
After telling a school nurse that she got a sunburn from "going tanning with mommy," the child's mother was arrested. Patricia Krentcil denies her daughter went into a tanning booth.
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Media reports tell us the way to beauty is by having a glowing tan but that glow can come at a deadly cost. There has been a 75 percent increase of risk for melanoma for those under the age of 35 from using commercial tanning units.
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The Mayo Clinic has reported a dramatic eightfold increase in melanoma rates in young women over the past four decades. Tanning beds are cited as a major culprit.
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If you are under 18 and you live in the Canadian province of British Columbia you can kiss tanning beds good-bye. New regulations announced March 20 put a stop to anyone under 18 partaking in indoor tanning.
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The Canadian Pediatric Society is calling for a ban on tanning bed use for under-18 consumers. Some of the dangers from commercial indoor tanning include premature aging, eye damage and skin cancer; in particular deadly melanoma.
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New Glasgow -
A Nova Scotia man was sentenced to house arrest for using his mobile phone to video record patrons of a tanning salon in a change room.
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Sacramento -
California became the first state in the nation to prohibit minors from using tanning facilities after Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation that raised the minimum age from fourteen to eighteen for those using ultraviolet tanning devices.
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Mount Pleasant -
Two separate lawsuits were filed at the Westmoreland County Courthouse, Pennsylvania on Monday by two women who claim that they were filmed naked before getting into their tanning beds without their consent or knowledge.
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Halifax -
In a move to protect young people from the harmful effects of tanning beds, the Nova Scotia government has introduced legislation that will ban people under 19 years of age, from being exposed to the beds' UV rays.
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London -
"No Place To Go", a mental health care needs assessment for the Ontario's London area released today by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union says it's time to stop cutting beds.
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The Food and Drug Administration has been regulating the bulbs in the tanning industry for 20 years now advisers feel there is enough evidence for the FDA to tighten their control on the industry.
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The Ontario Hospital Association is telling government without funding hospitals may have to close beds. On Tuesday the Ontario Legislative Assembly was presented the pre-budget presentation by the OHA.
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Big Lots Stores, has announced a voluntary recall of about 20,000 wooden bunk beds.
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A recent study says tanning beds can cause skin cancer; Hawaii once again validates Obama's birth certificate; and Indian farmers are asking their daughters to plow fields naked. These are the top stories gathering buzz around the world.
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Tanning beds have been found to be dangerous. Would a state official consider them essential enough to have them in their mansion? Sarah Palin did and would, so when she left the Governorship of Alaska did she take the tanning bed with her?
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The World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has released a study showing a direct link between tanning beds and skin cancer.
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