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The federal government said Friday it would ban minors from using indoor tanning beds, taking action on an issue that many states are already handling. The Food and Drug Administration said the proposed measure was in response to 1.6 million minors using indoor tanning beds each year, according to 2013 federal data. The problem is that indoor tanning is a "known contributor to skin cancer," the agency said. People who have been exposed to radiation from tanning beds are 59 percent more likely to develop melanoma, a dangerous form of skin cancer, than those who never have used the beds,...

Kids under 17 would not be allowed to go to tanning beds in West Virginia in a bill passed Tuesday by the state Senate. The bill, approved 30-4, sets up a regulatory process for tanning beds, including business registration and puts the state Bureau of Public Health in charge of regulating the facilities. The highlight of the bill is the ban for kids under 17. "The committee recommends doing this after we were given some statistics including one from the Yale School of Public Health that found that people who tanned on indoor beds had a 69 percent increased chance...

Nov 10, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The head of Russia’s notorious prison, Butyrka, said that it was ready to improve the living conditions of the inmates with the help of some new facilities that included sunbeds. The head of the prison, Sergei Telyatnikov told the media on Tuesday that the prison was also considering several new medical facilities as well. He revealed that the sunbeds will be installed for medical purposes and he is expecting them to be installed by the end of the year. According to the prison head the inmates will also have access to ultrasound technologies to check up...

Texans under 18 would not be allowed to use tanning beds unless they have a doctor's note and a parent present under a bill a House panel considered Tuesday. Lawmakers heard from doctors who said the bill is a good idea because of the dangers of ultraviolet light. They also heard from an owner of a tanning salon company who said the proposal would hurt business. The panel ultimately postponed voting on House Bill 1310, which the bill's author, state Rep. Burt Solomons, said would enact the strictest tanning regulations for teens in the nation. "This is like big tobacco,"...