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THE BATTALION
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Thursday, April 25, 2002
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By Mandi Vest
THE BATTALION
Springtime in Texas means
baseball, hot weather and indoor
tanning. As the heat increases
and laying by the pool becomes
more appealing, experts suggest
cooling off in the shade instead.
“Young people think they
cannot get skin cancer. But peo
ple can get a melanoma with as
little as one sunburn,” said Dr.
Carol Rice of the Texas
Cooperative Extension and
Health Science Center and
Texas A&M’s School of Rural
and Public Health.
Rice said skin cancer is the
most common type of cancer, and
people in Texas should be espe
cially careful of UV damage.
Those who live in a warm, sunny
climate are the most at risk for
skin cancer. Texas Cooperative
Extension reported one in three
Texans will have skin cancer. The
American Cancer Society pre
dicts that 7,400 people will die
tf)is year from melanoma and
2,200 will die from other types of
skin cancer.
But laying by the pool is not
the only concern of cancer
experts. Rice said it is a com
mon misconception that tanning
beds are safer than real sun.
“In people’s minds, tanning
beds are safer. But research
has shown that laying in a tan
ning bed can be just as bad,”
Rice said.
She said that UV-A rays, the
type of light used in tanning
beds, has been shown to be the
most penetrating type of UV
light, causing damage at a
deeper level.
According to the National
Cancer Institute Website, over
exposure is common in indoor
tanning because patrons do not
get as hot as they do outside, so
it is difficult to gauge how much
damage has actually occurred.
Rice said she focuses on
health education for rural com
munities. Last year, her initia
tive received a grant from the
Texas Cancer Council to bring
30 people in from rural commu
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Walking across campus every
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Those who work outside,
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children play outside and tend to
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