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Tanning Beds Risks - Doctors' Call to Regulate Sunbeds
Tuesday, September 19 2006 at 11:54
Doctors worried about a rise in skin cancer cases want the Welsh Assembly Government to regulate sunbed use.
The British Medical Association Cymru is "deeply concerned" about the link between sunbeds and skin cancer.
It wants legislation to stop children using tanning salons and prevent adults from over-exposing themselves.
The Welsh assembly government said it supported having strict guidelines displayed near sunbeds but added adults were free to decide their own usage.
The BMA wants a bill brought in which would require sunbed operators to have a licence from the local authority.
Skin cancers are the most common group of cancers in the UK, with 60,000 new cases reported in England and Wales every year.
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