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THE mother of a teenager who suffered 70% burns after using a coin-operated sunbed has spoken of the pressure girls are under to be tanned.
The mother of a teenage girl who was severely burned at an unmanned tanning salon yesterday said her daughter lives with the knowledge that she may have seriously damaged her skin.
Jill McRae told an inquiry into the regulation of sunbeds how Kirsty was taken to hospital with first-degree burns after spending 19 minutes on a coin-operated machine.
MORE than 80% of people in Wales support the idea of banning under 18s from using sunbeds, research has found.
'Slip, slop, slap' is a simple message, but one that many New Zealanders are choosing to ignore. New Zealand already has one of the highest melanoma death rates in the world, with almost 300 people dying of the disease every year.
Thallion Pharmaceuticals Inc has suspended patient enrolment in its phase-II trial evaluating TLN-232 as a treatment for metastatic melanoma, due to an ongoing dispute with the licensor.
A nineyearold girl whose mother died from skin cancer was banned from applying suncream at school for health and safety reasons.
An inquiry begins into whether tighter controls are needed over tanning salons after "ever younger" children are burned.
Sunburn is a condition resulting from an over exposure of the skin to Ultraviolet (UV) rays found in sunlight. Find out what you can do to treat and prevent sunburns.
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