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The Skin Cancer Foundation is committed to the prevention, detection and treatment of skin cancer. From lobbying on Capitol Hill for melanoma research to urging the FDA to enact stricter tanning bed regulations, the Foundation is very involved in advocacy efforts designed to put an end to the world’s most common cancer. Please see below for ways to let your voice be heard.
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FDA Panel is Unanimous: Change Tanning Bed Medical Device Classification |
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It looks as if the current lack of national tanning bed regulation and oversight will be changing. On March 25, the General and Plastic Surgery Devices Panel of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Medical Devices Advisory Committee met, and unanimously recommended that the FDA upgrade its classification of tanning devices.
The recommendation followed four hours of testimony from the public, including physician members of The Skin Cancer Foundation and skin cancer survivors.
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New Bill to Help Prevent Tanning Bed Cancers |
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New Bill to Help Prevent Tanning Bed Cancers
U.S. Reps. Maloney & Dent, Kate White, Doctors, Cancer Survivors
Gather at Cosmo HQ to Discuss New Tanning Bed Cancer Control Act
New York, NY – On Monday, U.S. Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Charlie Dent (R-PA) were joined by Cosmopolitan Magazine Editor-in-Chief Kate White, American Academy of Dermatology member Dr. Ellen Marmur, oncology nurse Rajni Kannan, and melanoma survivor and former Miss Maryland Brittany Lietz Cicala to announce Tuesday’s introduction in Congress of the Tanning Bed Cancer Control Act. This bill would expand federal regulation of tanning beds with the aim of limiting the amount of UV rays emitted by tanning beds and the time consumers may be exposed to harmful radiation. More information on the new bill follows.
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FDA Regulation of Tanning Beds: A Summary of the White Paper |
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The FDA Regulation of Tanning Beds proposes that the Food and Drug Administration reclassify ultraviolet (UV) radiation-emitting tanning beds to more adequately reflect the serious risks they pose. As Class I medical devices, tanning beds are in the same category as tongue depressors and elastic bandages. The FDA should designate tanning beds Class II or III medical devices, making them subject to stricter regulations and oversight.
UV radiation from tanning beds is a proven human carcinogen (cancer-causing agent). In July, The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC, a working group of the World Health Organization) added UV-emitting tanning machines to its list of the most dangerous forms of cancer-causing radiation — a group that includes plutonium, as well as radiation from the sun. Additionally, the risk of melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, is increased by 75 percent when use of tanning devices starts before age 30.
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Skin Cancer Foundation Director of Communications Erin Mulvey Stoeber attended the FDA hearing on reclassification of tanning beds. Here are the tweets which were posted to Twitter.com@SkinCancerOrg:
