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Tanning Beds

Tanning Beds. By: Justin German. How Tanning Beds work. Tanning beds have 2 different types of bulbs, UVB, and UVA There are fewer UVB lights than UVA UVB lights are the ones that cause the melanin in the skin to cause you to get tan

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Tanning Beds

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  1. Tanning Beds By: Justin German

  2. How Tanning Beds work • Tanning beds have 2 different types of bulbs, UVB, and UVA • There are fewer UVB lights than UVA • UVB lights are the ones that cause the melanin in the skin to cause you to get tan • If you tan indoor you have a 74% higher chance of getting skin cancer

  3. Effects • Every year, more than 68,000 people are diagnosed with melanoma. About 10 percent will die • Kids that start tanning at an early age will have a higher risk of getting diagnosed with melanoma

  4. History • tanning beds were initially brought to America by Friedrich Wolff in 1979

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