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It might be racist - because in reality black people need these tanning beds MORE than whites need them at least in regions that are often overcast and cloudy.
Whites can get by with less sun because they don't have the melanin blocking the UV rays and so get more Vitamin D with less sunlight, but black people haven't adapted to cloudy climates the same way and so end up with greater Vitamin D deficiencies and all the problems that go with that. Including high blood pressure problems and certain cancers.
LMAO That is the funniest, most misinformed statement ever!!!!!!!!
Everyone is at a risk for it, but whites have it worse than any other race because they have the lightest skin tone. Skin tone is determined by the amount of "melanin" in your skin. The less melanin you have, the lighter your skin. Melanin helps block out harmful sun rays, so you are more likely to hear of a white person with skin damage from the sun than a black person.
Dark skin helps protect against skin cancer that develops as a result of ultraviolet light radiation, causing mutations in the skin.[citation needed] Furthermore, dark skin prevents an essential B vitamin, folate, from being destroyed. Therefore, in the absence of modern medicine and diet, a person with dark skin in the tropics would live longer, be healthier and more likely to reproduce than a person with light skin. White Australians have some of the highest rates of skin cancer as evidence of this expectation.
so if it causes cancer, and they are so worried about our health then why not ban tanning booths instead...maybe could it be because they want to make a profit?
Why does everyone want to get a tan? To be the same complexion as the President they are bashing? He is a nice honey-color. But his is natural.
my question still stands there without a warm answer to hug it
Ummmm Maybe because healthcare has no jurisdiction over a business?
Maybe because some people will use their money instead of their insurance to get a tan?
Why would the govt close a tanning salon when there are plenty of rich celebrities who need tans?
Ummmm Maybe because healthcare has no jurisdiction over a business?
Maybe because some people will use their money instead of their insurance to get a tan?
Why would the govt close a tanning salon when there are plenty of rich celebrities who need tans?
Hope that was warm enough for ya. )
Yeah that was warm enough for a lonely guy like me...Thanks moonlady/moonlover...but i still don't believe they should be able to tax the tanning companies. I'm sure those machines have to be held to some kind of regulation standards and approved by the government
LMAO That is the funniest, most misinformed statement ever!!!!!!!!
Everyone is at a risk for it, but whites have it worse than any other race because they have the lightest skin tone. Skin tone is determined by the amount of "melanin" in your skin. The less melanin you have, the lighter your skin. Melanin helps block out harmful sun rays, so you are more likely to hear of a white person with skin damage from the sun than a black person.
Dark skin helps protect against skin cancer that develops as a result of ultraviolet light radiation, causing mutations in the skin.[citation needed] Furthermore, dark skin prevents an essential B vitamin, folate, from being destroyed. Therefore, in the absence of modern medicine and diet, a person with dark skin in the tropics would live longer, be healthier and more likely to reproduce than a person with light skin. White Australians have some of the highest rates of skin cancer as evidence of this expectation.
This time, please be so kind as to inform yourself of the facts before telling the rest of us we are misinformed. We all know the issues with over exposure to the Sun or artificial UVA and UVB rays. Research shows that a lack of exposure to UVB causes vitamin D deficiency which leads to far worse health problems and even more deadly forms of cancer. Sunscreens block the UVB rays that create vitamin D in the skin.
Why does everyone want to get a tan? To be the same complexion as the President they are bashing? He is a nice honey-color. But his is natural.
Humans create vitamin D in their skin when it is exposed to UVB rays. Most people, and especially dark complected people living in norther latitudes, lack usable vitamin D due to a lack of exposure to sunlight. This lack of vitamin D causes numerous health problems and deadly cancers. If a person feels a desire to expose themselves to UVB rays, it is because their body needs it. I live in MI and tan once a week or so during the winter months. It benefits my health to do so.
However, vitamin D deficiency was not eradicated; rather it has been escalating among Americans, especially Blacks, pregnant women and the elderly. It is associated with conditions such as osteoporosis, hypertension, multiple sclerosis, diabetes and cancer of the colon, prostrate, breast, ovary, bladder, uterus, esophagus, rectum, and stomach, according to Dr. Michael Holick of Boston University, a full professor in three separate disciplines. Dr. Holick, who has written the relevant chapters in Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine for the last 15 years, says that an educational program is needed in order to teach the public the importance of monitoring their vitamin D (calcidiol) levels just as they would check their cholesterol levels. "Vitamin D deficiency and its consequences are extremely subtle, but have enormous implications for human health and disease. It is for this reason that vitamin D deficiency continues to go unrecognized by a majority of health care professionals," he says.
Your Health: Skin color matters in the vitamin D debate - USATODAY.com (http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/painter/2009-04-19-your-health_N.htm - broken link)
Can dark skin be a health hazard? It might be — if you are a dark-skinned person who lives far from the equator, gets little sun exposure and consumes little vitamin D.
That describes many African Americans and helps explain why studies find that average African-American children and adults have much lower blood levels of the vitamin than white Americans do. Vitamin D is produced in response to sun exposure in a process that works most efficiently in pale skin. It's also in fortified dairy products and fatty fish, but few Americans — of any skin color — consume enough of those foods to meet recommendations.
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