The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday withdrew a proposed rule that would have barred all Americans under age 18 from using tanning beds.
Dozens of states — including California, Delaware, Illinois, Kansas and Minnesota — as well as Washington, D.C., already ban the use of tanning beds for minors. Other states have restrictions that allow teens to use tanning beds with parental consent.
The federal rule, first proposed in 2015, aimed to prevent minors from using indoor sunlamps or tanning beds, and required anyone over 18 who uses a tanning salon to sign a waiver acknowledging the risks, including skin cancer and severe burns.
Tanning beds can emit as much as 15 times the amount of ultraviolet radiation –– invisible light that causes suntans and sunburns –– than direct sunrays. This exposure damages the DNA in skin cells and can trigger changes that cause those cells to grow out of
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