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For salon owners who are out where the rubber meets the road, the MEIL directive is an unmitigated disaster!
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There is no regulation yet on whether or not the existing sunbeds on the market will be "grandfathered" or have to meet these regulations within 6 months. The European nations will also have to come up with there own enforcement and rules which include all these regulations. Kind of like the FDA regulations, some states have no enforcement at all & others are very strict.
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I hope you aren't implying that the new lamps will have as much tanning power in 12 minutes as the old lamps. A study of 20 common LP and HID/hp lamps showed that the average "effective" W/m^2 was 0.562 and reducing the "output" to 0.3 is not a step that will benefit the European indoor tanning industry.
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Don, have you tested any of the new sunlamps being implemented in Europe? I just met with a prominate Euro lamp manufacturer last week, they were both pleased & surprised by what can be produced & still meet the regs.
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And I certainly hope you don't think that the new lamps will have the same number of vitamin D-effective photons
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Your right, there won't be as many. But there will be a sufficient amount to provide plenty of Vit D. How much do you get in a 12 min VHOR session currently? I'm sure 15 minutes will supply the average person with the recommended daily dose.
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Let's hope that salon owners here in the USA will realize the folly of letting the manufacturers represent the industry at regulatory meetings. If we do, we will find ourselves in the same position - screwed - as salon owners are now in Europe.
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Yeah with out the ITA (which is mainly Manufacturers & distributors) the under 18 rule would have already been implemented in many states. The salons & manufacturers need to work together to fight these things.