http://newsbeat.wordpress.com Just another WordPress.com weblog Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:16:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://newsbeat.wordpress.com http://newsbeat.wordpress.com/2008/04/11/why-you-shouldnt-ignore-sunbed-warnings/ http://newsbeat.wordpress.com/2008/04/11/why-you-shouldnt-ignore-sunbed-warnings/#comments Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:32:37 +0000 straminsky http://newsbeat.wordpress.com/?p=12 ]]> For some reason a 13 year old lad thought it would be sensible to ignore all the warning signs (minimum age 16, maximum time 6 mins) at his local tanning parlour and get a 21-minute skin blistering sun tan. I feel for the boy, but it could have been far worse.

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