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Old 01-17-2003, 04:54 PM   #2 (permalink)
solarmeter
 
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Social scientist... specialty propaganda... ?

We need a few of THEM on our side! Jeepers. ITA should hire one, eh?

Rumor has it that a MED will soon become 180 J/mē WORLDWIDE, and an EAS halfway between FDA & Diffey will define Eeff dose. Also Europe will adopt 320 nm as top of UVB rather than 315 nm. Time will tell.

Meanwhile the yearly sunscare hype has already begun, with even more emphasis on indoor tanning than last year. FTC needs convincing to SHUT down some of their FALSE "advertising", which includes disproved sound bytes like:

1. Accumulating 80% of lifetime UV by age 18.

2. Ten minutes in a sunbed is the same as a whole day on the beach.

If FTC won't stop this, then they should have no authority to gag our messages on positive effect of UVR.
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