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07-27-2007, 10:28 AM | #12 (permalink) |
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Rep Power: 26 | Re: Coming to America? I have spent a considerable amount of time looking at the "impact" of the 0.3 MEIL because I believe that this "directive" will surface here in the USA later this year, primarily because the vendors have shown (in Europe) that they won't fight it. [Is it possible that both the vendors and the dermatology community will be in favor of adopting the 0.3 W/m^2 MEIL in the USA?] Here is what happens when sunbed equipped a traditional and a new era (160w) sunlamps are replaced with 0.3 W/m^2 compliant sunlamps. Traditional: - Goes from 0.549 W/m^2 to 0.3 W/m^2 - The Te (4.0 MED) time (FDA EAS) goes from 13.8 minutes to 24.5 minutes - The Tt (Tanning) time goes from 18.4 to 28.6 minutes. New Era: - Goes from 0.556 W/m^2 to 0.3 W/m^2 - The Te (4.0 MED) time (FDA EAS) goes from 13.8 minutes to 26.4 minutes - The Tt (Tanning) time goes from 7.9 to 15.3 minutes. Does that look like a step in the right direction? If your "point" is that new era 0.3 W/m^2 compliant sunlamps have more tanning power than 0.3 compliant traditional sunlamps, you are correct. If, however, your "point" is that the 0.3 W/m^2 new era sunlamps will be acceptable to USA clients (who want shorter session times), you are sadly mistaken. And to those "misguided" individuals who believe that the 0.3 W/m^2 MEIL will result in a reduction of the efforts of the anti-tanning coalition to destroy the European indoor tanning industry, I have some ocean front property here in AZ to sell you. The sad fact of life is that a small group of rabidly anti-tanning regulators have won a major victory in Europe and this "win" will embolden them to enact more onerous provisions. |
07-27-2007, 07:32 PM | #13 (permalink) |
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Rep Power: 22 | Re: Coming to America? A simplified and direct issue is, how/why do the regulators in Europe think that the "dose rate" or intensity is a scientifically valid target for regulation, rather than the dose? And since there is no sensible or reasonable answer to that question, how do we keep the FDA from making the same mistake of forgetting the most basic of photobiological principles (reciprocity)? |
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