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Article lacks cancerous truthWhen reading Christine White's Nov. 29 tanning bed article in Tuesday's paper, I practically peed myself with anger. I found it extremely amazing that I could read about the "Pros and Cons" of tanning beds and not come across the words "skin cancer....

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Concerned about the water crisis

posted 11/29/07 @ 12:20 PM EST

Kristen, that's a great idea! And one I bet not many people have thought of until now; I know it hadn't crossed my mind and I'm pretty careful with my water usage. Good for you! Now if only we could get the university to think that way.

Harry Jones

posted 11/30/07 @ 7:52 AM EST

David Haynes in the article "Article lacs Cancerous Truth could not have got it so wrong and obviously didn't check the facts before spoutibg off.
The amount of people who die from Basal cell or Squamous call carcinoma is minute, even negligible. In fact, a recent report said Dermatologists report treating these typs of cancer when in fact what they treat is not carcinomarous at all. However, they can claim more from insurance companies if they are treating these types of cancer. So guess what, he has his facts wrong. Further, although Malignant Melanoma is certainly a killer there is no evidence to support his comment that tanning beds produce this type of cancer. There is a lot more to it than just an idiotic comment like that, to try to prove your point. Many things play a part in making people more prone to getting Melanoma including family history, lots of moles on the body, amount of time spent in the sun and in fact, a recent study suggest that boys who burned in the sun when they were young are less likely to get melanoma as an adult. How about the fact that most melanomas develop in places that never see the sun such as under arms or bottoms of feet and the fact that most melanomas develop in people who work inside, don't sunbathe and have never visited a tanning salon.

Can we have less of the stupid comments that are not backed up by science please.
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