Maintain pressure on reforms to protect NHS
Joe Schuster
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Comment on: UK women using sunbeds face a “tanorexia timebomb”
Melanoma primarily affects those that did not use SPF's, did not have public awareness of skin cancer and skin cancer screenings. Typically people above age 40. It also has it's strongest links to the amount of nevi on the body and heredity. Your comments in this report confirm the true age of those affected..."Each year .. 1,800 people die from the condition, including about 50 women aged under 40 years". Which indicates that well less than 1% are under age 40. So, are skin cancer rates increasing or have more people become aware of it and are submitting to the ease of non invasive screenings? Perhaps a survey to see whether screenings have increased in the last 10 years? Tanning beds emit more UV than sunlight? Hardly. The intensity of the sun is affected by time of day, time of year, proximity to the equator, cloud cover, pollutants, altitude, and reflective surfaces like snow, sand and water. Surely, we all know that Jamaica sun in June is stronger than London sun in January! Please correct in future reports.
