RFK Jr., Creature of the Tanning Salon, Throws the Industry a Bone

The HHS secretary has crispy, orange-toned skin in the game.

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☀️ Breaking News! Sunbathers defy death by simply lounging in the sun! 🌞 Harvard finally discovers the secret to immortality: #tanning. 🤦‍♂️ Who knew the fountain of youth was a beach towel away? 🏖️
https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/heres-something-unexpected-sunbathers-live-longer-201606069738 #BreakingNews #Sunbathing #Immortality #FountainOfYouth #HackerNews #ngated
Here's something unexpected: Sunbathers live longer - Harvard Health

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Drying walrus hide, Diomede, Alaska c1929.
Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952
1 photographic print.

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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-dont-tanning-beds-triple-skin.html
'Don't use them': #Tanning beds triple #skin #cancer risk, study finds
"More than 80% of the most common #melanomas are caused by exposure to #ultraviolet #radiation, according to the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)."
'Don't use them': Tanning beds triple skin cancer risk, study finds

When Heidi Tarr was a teenager, she used a tanning bed several times a week with her friends because they all wanted to glow like a celebrity.

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Tanning Beds Risk Skin Cancer. Spending time under tanning UV lights triples your risk of cooking up a deadly skin cancer. #tanning #melanoma #sunburn
https://www.instagram.com/p/DSlHweeF4LV/
Howard G. Smith MD, AM on Instagram: "Tanning Beds Risk Skin Cancer Many think that a nice tan acquired at the tanning parlor makes you look healthy, but spending time under those UV lights may triple your risk of cooking up a deadly skin cancer. Dermatologists at Northwestern Medicine and the University of California-San Francisco now report this fact in the journal Science Advances after reviewing medical records from about 6,000 people and using single-cell DNA sequencing on skin biopsies from tanning-bed users and non-users. The tabulated data shows that people frequenting tanning beds have close to three times the risk of melanoma compared with non-users. That risk persists even after adjusting for sunburn history and familial predisposition. The DNA analysis reveals that the skin’s pigment creating cells, melanocytes, carried nearly twice as many mutations in people who tanned indoors vs outdoors. Most concerning is, these cancer-linked mutations appear not just on light-exposed skin, but also on normal-appearing areas like the lower back and buttocks that rarely see sunlight. These findings demonstrate that tanning beds are more dangerous than natural sunlight. They not only directly contradict the claims of the indoor tanning industry, but they also begin to explain why melanoma is increasingly seen in younger adults, especially women under 50 with a history of indoor tanning. Don’t let this happen to your or your family. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251214100919.htm https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ady4878 #tanning #melanoma #sunburn"

Tanning beds increase your risk of melanoma by 3 times compared to non-users, with mutations appearing even on non-exposed skin. Dermatologists from Northwestern Medicine and the University of California reveal the shocking truth behind indoor tanning. Learn how to safeguard your skin and family.

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So, one of the important lessons I've learnt from my research into natural vegetable tanning is to make sure you don't just forget about it. You want to agitate often, refresh the liquor often, and definitely not just leave it for eight months while you do other things.

Having said that, as baby's first #tanning project, where I kinda forgot about it half way through and left everything for eight months, the results are not as terrible as I thought.

One square didn't tan properly (on the left) and started to decay. The rest… well, they're not even, but they feel much tougher than they were before, they don't smell bad, and I couldn't find any sign of decay, so I'm going to call this a qualified success.

In case you're wondering, I'm tanning rawhide dog treats, and using a mix of ornamental pear and wattle bark for my tannins.

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