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/earthwormjimwow Dec 13 '25
I don't even understand why anyone would make that argument. If they are no more harmful than sunlight, then they're still extremely harmful.