Study: Sunbeds as harmful as cigarettes

Sunbeds pose a similar cancer risk as cigarettes and asbestos, according to an international cancer research agency. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) had previously classified sunbeds as being a “probable” cause of cancer. However, the agency is now recommending that tanning machines should be moved to “the highest cancer risk category” and be labeled as “carcinogenic to humans”

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