The highest cancer-causing risk is artificial tanning

World Health Organization IARC announced that artificial sun tanning beds, etc. The cancer risk has been promoted to the highest level, that is, artificial tanning and tobacco, and hepatitis B viruses, "carcinogenic to humans." However, some artificial tanning organizations expressed doubts about this conclusion.

IARC WHO subordinate agencies, specifically for the WHO to provide expert advice on cancer. Prior to WHO artificial tanning classified as "probably carcinogenic to human" level, "very likely" the deletion of the expression will no doubt discourage many people of artificial tanning.

IARC 29 in the UK, "Lancet Oncology" magazine online edition, said that artificial tanning in the developed world, especially popular among young women, but a comprehensive and analytical assessment found that an artificial sun before the age of 30 irradiation causes people to suffer from malignant skin cancer - the risk of skin melanoma increased 75%. Several other studies found that artificial tanning and eye association between melanoma.
Of artificial tanning to mention the highest cancer risk


IARC also noted that people often think that only after sunbathing in the UVB (ultraviolet) to humans is likely to cause cancer, but the mouse experiments show that all-band ultraviolet (UVA, UVB and UVC) are carcinogenic to humans, namely, with the highest level of cancer risk.

The human body exposed to ultraviolet radiation can produce vitamin D, so ultraviolet light is also known as the "sunshine vitamin." However, the carcinogenic risks of artificial tanning industry has been in dispute. At the international cancer research agency of the report was published the same day, a representative of the European sunbed manufacturers trade association, "Sunbeds Association," said in a statement that it Sunbeds, said there is a high risk of cancer have different views.

"Sunbeds Association," the statement said, there is no evidence that the rational use of tanning beds and skin cancer, there is correlation between, and only prolonged exposure, particularly sunburn when the skin was only might lead to skin cancer, but these facts have been neglect, we "do not know the international cancer research agency is now re-demarcation of their cancer risk level is what the intention."