health risks
According to an
article in The Daily Texan, law student Emily Prewett, has filed a complaint with the Texas Attorney General against the company Darque Tan because of their misleading and irresponsible ads. One of their television commercial begins with a man in white lab coat saying, "Science has discovered that UVB from tanning converts cholesterol into Vitamin D." Then the narrator says, "Mmm yeah. Vitamin D-licious. Come get yours with a free week of level 1 tanning." The TV ad and more details, inside...
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The FDA has warned Melanocorp, Inc., of Tennessee to
stop its online sales of Melanotan II, an injectable tanning product that the company claims is "effective in protecting against skin cancer and rosacea." According to the FDA, such claims cause it to be "classified as a drug under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, as well as a new drug because there is no evidence that it is generally recognized as safe and effective for its labeled uses."
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