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Post by beverly5326b on Jul 30, 2009 6:37:21 GMT -8
I thought I'd pass this along. All I can add is : It's about time!! xx -Beverly WHO: Tanning beds can cause cancer United Press International 07-29-09 LONDON, Jul 29, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) -- Ultraviolet radiation tanning beds and UV radiation were moved up to the highest cancer risk category by a World Health Organization agency, officials said. A special report in the August edition of The Lancet Oncology said the International Agency for Research on Cancer, a part of WHO, moved tanning beds up to the highest cancer risk category -- carcinogenic to humans. The use of sunlamps and sunbeds was previously classified as probably carcinogenic to humans. Dr. Fatiha El Ghissassi and colleagues at IARC in Lyon, France, said the comprehensive meta-analysis concluded that the risk of skin melanoma is increased by 75 percent when use of tanning devices starts before 30 years of age. In addition, all types of ionizing radiation were also classified as carcinogenic to humans including: -- Radon gas, which seeps from soil, rocks and building materials, causing lung cancer. -- Plutonium and its decay products. -- Radium and its decay products, affecting the bones of medical patients. -- Phosphorous-32 and its decay products, causing acute leukemia in medical patients. -- Radioiodines, affecting the thyroids in children and adolescent survivors of nuclear reactor accidents. URL: www.upi.com |
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Post by Claudia on Jul 30, 2009 8:13:12 GMT -8
This is an excellent example that shows how long it takes to get scientific evidence to support what we've all known for YEARS!!!
How sad for some people that have been just fine hitting these sunbeds "because there was not scientific proof" that they are bad. And since they aren't illegal... they must be fine... right?
I wonder how this will effect this industry? Or will it preserver just as the cigarette industry.
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Post by Cathy on Jul 30, 2009 8:37:50 GMT -8
taking a look at the beaches in the summer and all the people still getting as toasted as they possibly can...
naaahhhh....
they are still going to go.
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Post by ann6798B(Toby) on Jul 30, 2009 8:51:39 GMT -8
My daughter in law is a beautiful 28 year old. She has blonde hair, blue eyes, and fair complexion and was diagnosed with stage 1 melanoma six months ago with a mole removal. She used the tanning bed before proms and some during the summer. I tried to discourage the use, but I was considered way too conservative in my views on skin protection. Now she will have a lifetime(hopefully) of trips to the derm every three months.
The concern of tanning beds is real and we are fortunate that her situation was discovered quickly.
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Post by Claudia on Jul 30, 2009 9:19:10 GMT -8
I think skin cancer is almost one of the scariest cancers.
Ann, I know several people that have melanoma's rem'd all the time. Just know that it CAN be managed. Hope she is always well!
Hugs...
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Post by veganmark4411B on Aug 6, 2009 10:44:10 GMT -8
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Post by veganmark4411B on Aug 6, 2009 10:47:22 GMT -8
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Post by ann6798B(Toby) on Aug 6, 2009 18:02:25 GMT -8
Thank you Marcos I have seen this before somewhere. I will start reading and doing some investigating. Do you know anyone personally that has gone this route and had good results? Ann  |
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Post by veganmark4411B on Aug 6, 2009 20:41:25 GMT -8
Ann,
Yes, you're speaking to him!
Marcos
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Post by veganmark4411B on Aug 8, 2009 11:36:25 GMT -8
Sean,
The type of Hydrogren Peroxide that Carole Maggio recommends is not food grade. In fact, I'd be surprised if she even know what food grade hydrogen peroxide is. That's not to put down Carole, it's just a simple fact that most people don't know about food grade hydrogen peroxide.
That said, let me explain to you what Food Grade Hydrogen Peroxide does in the body.
First, food grade hydrogen peroxide, unlike over the counter, chemically laden hp, replenishes the body with much needed oxygen. Virtually all diseases occurs as a result of an oxygen starved environment. However, deep breathing will not restore a sickly body to perfect health. Why, you ask? Well, even deep breathing extracts only about 15% oxygen from the atmosphere. Hydrogen Peroxide doesn't remove Oxygen, it replenishes it. A diseased cell living in a highly oxygenated environment cannot survive since it is dependent on a low oxygen space to wreak havoc.
When higher levels of oxygen are introduced into the body, bacteria and viruses are killed more effectively along with defective tissue. In a high oxygen environment healthy cells can begin to multiply at a faster rate. Does this help Sean?
Oh, and food grade hydrogen peroxide is 35%. Over the counter hp is 18%, I think. So essentially, you're not moving oxygen, you're restoring it. Make sense?
Marcos
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Post by saxonwhittle on Aug 20, 2009 4:47:54 GMT -8
I'm sorry Marcos, just a couple of things I need to clear up. I feel a lot of what you are saying goes against a lot of common scientific knowledge.
"A diseased cell living in a highly oxygenated environment cannot survive since it is dependent on a low oxygen space to wreak havoc."
Strikes me as being inaccurate. All cells (bar those that photosynthesise or use other energy sources) require oxygen for respiration. Some bacteria and fungi like low oxygen conditions, but these are not disease causing, they are the natural micro-flora found in your digestive tract.
I'm not doubting that this could be helpful in sterilising wounds and curing some ailments, but its quite a big claim to say it can treat cancer, AIDS and other disease. There is no known 'cure' for AIDS and cancer is nowhere near being a manageable disease. I'm always dubious about things that make horrendous claims without any scientific evidence.
I'm not attacking your good natured post, evidence based medicine has lost a lot of 'trust' in recent years, but I'd still much rather visit my doctor and take pills than risk using 'natural' medicine.
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Post by neda on Aug 20, 2009 17:21:59 GMT -8
I can't speak to the details of oxygen and cell health, but I have some more general thoughts on Saxon's post. "Common knowledge," whether scientific or not, is accepted as fact until the next generation of research and understanding debunks it or elaborates on it. I'm sure that not every alternative theory of health and nutrition will be accepted over time, but it's likely that some of the things that seems radical today will be common knowledge before long (and people will be rolling their eyes at a new set of theories and products).
And though I have enormous respect for a lot of scientific and medical research - and generally trust in the good will of doctors - it seems to me that the whole community has developed incredible expertise on illness but understands very little about health. That said, I also think that our sense of safety and comfort is really important to our well-being, and if going to the doctor and taking pills feels right for you, it probably is (for you)....
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