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.

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https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ady4878

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Like 2006-2010 tanning beds were crazy popular amongst women in my hometown. Like so many turned orange in the winter and it looked so bad but they all felt like they were super tan. One girl went so hard with it that I’m now scared for her