Solariums 'killing 43 people a year'


	Solariums 'killing 43 people a year'

tabsey

10-5-2008 4:43 AM

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tabsey says:

Does the same thing happen in the US and UK. Becoming fashionable to die from these things, who can control fashion.

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10-5-2008 4:36 PM

Kelika

We have "spray on" tans - they can even give you a 6-pack or a cleavage. In Los Angeles, it's all an illusion.

10-5-2008 5:07 PM

shaor

thought solariums were supposed to be safer!

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