December 10, 2003

By: Sara Collin
Website: http://www.1st-in-vitamins.com

False information published in AP article, "Tanning Salons Linked to Cancer Risk"

The report (“Tanning Salons Linked to Cancer Risk”) that was distributed earlier this week to national print and broadcast outlets was born of woefully incorrect, false and purposefully misleading information submitted to the Associated Press from the American Academy of Dermatology.

Here are the facts as were revealed at the recent NIH Conference, held on October 8th and 9th, entitled: “Vitamin D and Health in the 21st Century – Bone and Beyond”:

- Vitamin D is a key prohormon required to combat rickets, most internal cancers, diabetes and MS

- Over 80% of Americans are today Vitamin D deficient

- Since 1975, rickets cases have increased dramatically

- Vitamin D cannot be generated sufficiently without exposure to sunlight, either natural or artificial

- Sunscreen blocks UV-B, which then inhibits Vitamin D generation

- 1.3 million internal (breast, colon, stomach) cancer cases per year are attributed to Vitamin D deficiency

- Over 50,000 cases of diabetes and MS are attributed to Vitamin D deficiency

- Of the est. 7,800 melanoma cases each year, better than 95% are completely cured

- Given the choice, people overwhelmingly would rather deal with skin cancer versus the internal varieties

- Internal cancers pull nearly 97 billion dollars (and increasing) per year out of the US economy through Medicare

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