South Australia to regulate tanning salons more stringently.
Australia's
(1/9, Shepherd) reports that, according to a study published the Dec. issue of
Health Promotion Journal of Australia
, researchers found that nearly "all South Australian (SA) tanning salons breach their own standards by letting pale people use sunbeds." For the study, investigators from the Cancer Council SA conducted "a secret shopper-style survey" in 2006, and found that "six out of 10" tanning "centers let underaged clients in," just "half asked clients to sign a consent form," and "more than nine out of 10 allowed access to fair-skinned clients." In 2007, "voluntary standards dictating who should be able to use beds were made mandatory. This year," however, "tougher regulation that requires solarium operators to be licensed will come into effect" in South Australia, in which licenses will be granted to tanning salons depending "on competence and knowledge of the dangers of" ultraviolet exposure.
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