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Anvisa discusses ban on artificial tanning booths

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Emilio Sant'Anna

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The National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) opened on Wednesday (2) a public consultation which could result in prohibiting the use of tanning beds in nursing aesthetics. The court set a period of one month for health professionals, public and manufacturers to give an opinion.
The ban is discussed by the agency since recent studies have shown that the practice has adverse health effects. In July, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), an institution linked to the World Health Organization (WHO) included the tanning booths in the list of factors shown to cause cancer.

Experts point out that the emission of ultraviolet A radiation, used in tanning beds, increases the risk of developing skin cancer. According to the National Cancer Institute, this is the type of cancer most common in Brazil, accounting for about 25% of all malignant tumors registered in the country, "For many years the Brazilian Society of Dermatology (SBD) is contrary to use of cameras, "says Omar Lupi, President of SBD.

According to the director of Anvisa, Dirceu Barbano, there exists a contradiction in the record for the equipment in a country like Brazil, with large numbers of cases of skin cancer. "We seek to understand what kind of justification could exist for a practice considered a carcinogen by the WHO could be kept safely," he said. "What is happening is that there is a huge contradiction."

They would be outside the prohibition, cameras emission of ultraviolet radiation to medical therapies. Today, the technique is used to treat diseases such as psoriasis and vitiligo. "A fight of society is that where there is a camera there should be monitoring a dermatologist, which does not happen," says Lupi.

Evidence

According to the technical adviser to the Brazilian Association of Professional Tanning, Cleverson Riggo, public consultation Anvisa ignores what the study itself points to the IARC. "After a thorough analysis of our technical advice it was found that the evidence of the relationship between the continued use of tanning beds and skin cancer is very weak," he says.

Sumida said that since 2000 the cameras are considered a potential carcinogen in the U.S. and not really longer used. "Ultraviolet light and the sun are considered since 1994 as a potential carcinogen by IARC, it is no surprise. This classification only takes into account that it is a carcinogenic element, as is the sun, the wine, the elements of alcoholic beverages," explains .

   In Brazil, since 2002, Anvisa down a regulation for the use of tanning beds. Among other things, prohibits the use by children under 18 years of age. "No serious dermatologist makes tanning in the office as there are secure methods such as tanning," he explains.

According to the president of SBD, the damage to health by tanning is worse because many people become dependent on technology. "Studies have shown that people become addicted to chronic exposure, because they release endorphins and sense of well being," he says.

If the consultation point to the ban on artificial tanning booths, Anvisa shall publish the resolution this year, says Barbano



Source: G1

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