FED: Solariums flout regulations and boost cancer risk: experts

AAP General News (Australia)
12-01-2004
FED: Solariums flout regulations and boost cancer risk: experts

About 290,000 Australians have baked in solariums during the past year, exposing themselves
to up to five times the UV radiation emitted from the midday sun.

Figures released by The Cancer Council of Australia also reveal women aged 25 to 44
are the most frequent users of solariums.

Chair of the national sun survey research committee, Professor DAVID HILL, says a solarium
increases exposure to UV radiation and the risk of skin cancer.

Cancer Council Australia figures indicate between 1992 and 2002 the number of solariums
in Victoria increased 600 per cent.

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KEYWORD: SOLARIUM (MELBOURNE)

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