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Friday, January 27, 1989 / University Daily Kansan
Safety of tanning beds denied by doctors
by Kathy Walsh Kansan staff writer
Shelly Brown wanted to return from spring break with a tan.
The only problem was that her vacation destination was Leawood.
Although she had never been to a tanning salon before, Brown, who has a fair complexion, decided to go.
decided to go.
"The attendant showed me how to use it," Brown said. "But she didn't tell me how long I should stay in."
After lying on the tanning bed for 15 minutes, Brown got out.
Brown got out. "No, I don't see an immediate difference. She was disappointed. It was only two hours later that she realized she had gotten burned, she said.
"It felt like pins and needles were prickling my back," she said. "But there were no tan lines from my swimsuit."
It was to the doctor, who told her that she suffering from a second-to-third degree burn. It was so bad that she had to be hospitalized.
Because tanning beds burn skin from the inside out, he could only estimate how badly she had been burned, Brown said.
Brown now tries not to expose herself to the
summer sun, she said.
"A lot of people think tanning beds are a solution for fair-skinned people; but for me, they were not," she said.
summer sun, she said
& Gerry Meyer, owner of European Tan Health
& Hair Salon, said that tanning beds were not dangerous if they were used properly.
"If it's done right, with proper exposure times, and the proper medical information is given, there is no danger factor," Meyer said. "Tanning is the body's natural mechanism to protect the skin."
so skin
But she blemished the Bauerne dermatologist, said that tanned skin was damaged skin.
"Ultraviolet light penetrates the skin and stimulates pigment-producing cells that produce melanin as a result of the damage," he said.
said. Melanin protects the body by absorbing ultraviolet radiation from the sun or, in this case, tanning beds.
naming beds.
The amount of melanin in the skin determines complexion. Dark-skinned people have more melanin than those with fair skin.
The amount of melanin can cause
Exposure to ultraviolet radiation can cause skin cancer, he said.
"If you are concerned about your appearance, have foresight of the years ahead." Bittenbender said. "Chronic effects will not show up for 10 to 20 years."
Mark Barnett, FDA spokesman, said the hazards of indoor tanning were the same as outdoor tanning.
outdoor tanning.
Dan Meyer, spokesman for the American Medical Association, said that the AMA supported the FDA findings.
He also said that the AMA adopted in June a resolution that wanted the AMA to conduct public education efforts that warned people of the potential dangers of ultraviolet radiation exposure.
But skin is not the only organ that can be damaged by ultraviolet radiation.
damaged by ultraviolet radiation. Richard Orchard, Lawrence ophthalmologist, said that ultraviolet radiation could damage the eyes.
eyes. The eyes are not in danger if protective eyewear is worn, he said.
Without protection, or if someone opened their eyes, damage can occur to the surface cells of the cornea. Orchard said.
the cornea. The image, which is the same as a welder's burn, is only temporary, Orchard said.
Violence in El Salvador increasing, witness says
by Mary Weeks Kansan staff writer
Violence in El Salvador is increasing to a higher level than it has been in years, a recent observer to the Central American country said last night.
10m block, a volunteer to the Non-Governmental Human Rights Commission, spoke and showed a film about El Salvador to 30 people last night at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries Building, 1204 Oread Ave. Block said the Salvadoran Human Rights Committee in 1988, 1,000 people were assassinated, 1,000 people were arbitrarily detained by military and security forces and more than 200 had disappeared in El Salvador.
During his three-month stay last fall in the country's capital, San Salvador, Block witnessed an increase in reports of missing and assassinated family members, he said.
In September, 10 people came each week to the commission's office to report assassinated and missing family members he said.
By mid-December, he said, 40 such people came in each week.
Four members of the Salvadoran Human Rights Commission had been assassinated and four were missing. Block said his U.S. citizenship offered a measure of protection to the members of the commission. He also said Sand Salvador, especially as they went through military checkpoints.
Block said he went with commissioners to examine two of the bodies that turned up along roadways with increasing frequency during his stay.
One was shot through the mouth, and both had marks of beating or torture, he said.
Since leaving El Salvador, Block said two of the members of the commission had been detained, beaten and released.
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