Experts warn Scots against 'binge tanning'

Published: July 3, 2009 at 7:30 PM EDINBURGH, Scotland, July 3 (UPI) -- Scotland has the highest skin cancer rate in the United Kingdom due to widespread unsafe tanning practices, British medical experts said. The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain said a YouGov survey of more than 1,000 Scots found one in five respondents had participated in binge, or excessive, tanning, while four in 10 said they had tried tanning with cooking oil, moisturizers or other... [read full story]                    

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