Topic: Tanning dangers

Shining a Light on the Tanning Industry's Spin Machine

NBC

Using a training video that shows God sending a doctor to hell for warning about SPF and preaching about the toxicity of chemical sunscreen are part of a growing effort by the tanning salon industry to change public opinion about tanning for the better.

By Eric Randall

May 2, 2012

The Burning Issue News Outlets Barely Touch in Tanning Bed Mom Story

Hundreds of news outlets are picking up the story of Patricia Krentcil, a New Jersey woman who allegedly brought her 5-year-old daughter into a tanning booth, but some outlets aren't acknowledging the obvious reason they're elevating a local news report: the woman is painfully, cringe-inducingly tan.

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

Feb 1, 2012

Tanning Salons, Like Teenage Boys, Will Completely Lie to Teenage Girls

A new congressional report out today found that tanning salons will say anything to get customers into their beds, but in order to get this valuable information congressional investigators even went so far as to pretending they were pale teenage girls.

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