We’ve blogged before about whether or not indoor tanning should be illegal and now, according to, The Dermatology Times, there is a new law under consideration by Congress that could limit how long you could stay in a tanning bed.

Tanning bed dread

The bill, called the Tanning Bed Cancer Control Act, was sponsored in the House of Representatives by Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.) and Charlie Dent (R-Pa.). It calls for the FDA to review the medical device classfication for tanning beds and to set standards for exposure that are based on the latest scienctific evidence linking UV exposure to cancer.

You can learn more about the proposed law by clicking the link above; you learn more about current regulations at FDA.gov.

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