If you've had trouble seeing Coke or cheeseburgers as the moral equivalent of cigarettes, brace yourself for the next public health menace: the sun. You thought it was our smiley-faced friend? Think again. Skin cancer rates are soaring. We're basking outside too long and with too little protection. The health cops want us to stop, but regulating a ball of fire 1 million times the size of Earth is somewhat more difficult than regulating corn chips. So they're going after the radiation source they can get their hands on: tanning salons. A bill in Congress would stiffen health warnings on tanning machines. The American Medical Association is asking lawmakers to make these machines off-limits to anyone younger than 18, and the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) wants to outlaw them altogether. (Washington Post, Sunday)
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Lifestyle Nazi Update by Walter E. Williams