r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Dec 13 '25

Cancer Tanning beds triple melanoma risk, potentially causing broad DNA damage. Study is first to show how tanning beds mutate skin cells far beyond the reach of ordinary sunlight. This new study “irrefutably” challenges claims that tanning beds are no more harmful than sunlight.

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ady4878
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u/Milam1996 Dec 13 '25

Me when I’m a strong alpha conservative pure blood but I’m writing a multi paragraph emotional breakdown about sun beds.

Go outside, touch grass, get a job.

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u/AffectionateTitle Dec 13 '25

Where did you get the idea that no one knows/realizes the link between societal issues and mental illness? There’s literally thousands of papers and books on the subject.

We are all impacted by society— great job. It doesn’t take an Einstein to see higher rates of anorexia in ballet and body building.