Health: Sunbeds 健康： 太阳床
[audio]http://file.24en.com/bbc/tae/furniture_825227/bbc_tae_211_sunbeds.mp3[/audio][color=#3f3f3f][font=Verdana, 宋体, helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=12px]In the UK, a country known for its bad weather and lack of sunshine, there appears to be an ever increasing number of very [b]tanned[/b] young people.
[p=21, 2, left]So just how are they achieving their golden tans? Some are opting for the sun-free option and are getting their tan from a bottle. However, it appears that others are turning to [b]tanning salons[/b], of which there are thousands in the UK.[/p][p=21, 2, left]While in China young people often prefer to remain [b]fair[/b], in the UK there seems to be a growing desire for tanned skin. So why do the British prefer to be [b]bronzed[/b]? Often, they are trying to [b]emulate[/b] their favourite celebrities, footballers, or footballers’ wives. Research from the British Sunbed Association suggests that many people believe a tan makes them feel and look healthier.[/p][p=21, 2, left]This is [b]a belief[/b] that is most definitely not shared by Cancer Research UK. They firmly state that being tanned is not [b]a sign of[/b] health. In fact, they are strongly against young people using [b]sunbeds[/b]. On their website, they state that people who use sunbeds before the age of 35 have a higher[b]risk[/b] of [b]melanoma[/b] – the most dangerous type of [b]skin cancer[/b].[/p][p=21, 2, left]The dangers of tanning did not appear to [b]concern[/b] ten-year-old Kelly Thompson who [b]hit headlines[/b] in April after receiving [b]severe burns[/b] from spending 16 minutes on a sunbed.[/p][p=21, 2, left]Kelly’s mother was [b]horrified[/b] that her daughter had been allowed to use the sunbeds and that the tanning salon was [b]unmanned[/b]. She noted that: “There was no one to give advice on using these potentially dangerous machines.”[/p][p=21, 2, left]Whether the British government has been [b]taking heed[/b] of such recent tanning [b]tragedies[/b] is not clear. What is clear however is that [b]self-regulation[/b] in the sunbed industry looks unlikely to continue.[/p][p=21, 2, left]Just after Kelly’s story was reported in the news, the government issued a statement advising that people under 18 should not use sunbeds and that all salons should be [b]supervised[/b] by trained staff.[/p][/size][/font][/color]
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