Tuesday, May 21, 2013
The bill, sponsored by Senate Minority Leader Christine Radogno (R-Lemont), would prohibit all teens 17 and younger from using UV tanning beds.
Legislation to ban minors from indoor tanning beds was sent to Gov. Pat Quinn on Tuesday after being approved by the Illinois Senate. House Bill 188, sponsored by Senate Minority Leader Christine Radogno (R-Lemont), would ban Illinois minors age 17 and younger from UV tanning beds. Currently, minors ages 14 to 17 are allowed to tan if they provide a parent's signature. Spray-on tanning is exempt from the legislation, as is phototherapy, which applies to situations where a physician supervises tanning when it is necessary to treat a medical condition. Radogno said in a press release that she sponsored the bill to protect Illinois minors from the serious health risks involved with indoor tanning beds. “Not only do children not realize there …
Thursday, April 25, 2013
The legislation, sponsored by Senate Minority Leader Christine Radogno (R-Lemont), would prohibit teens 17 and younger from using UV tanning beds.
The Illinois Senate approved legislation Tuesday that would prohibit all Illinois minors from using indoor tanning beds. Senate Bill 2244, introduced by Senate Minority Leader Christine Radogno (R-Lemont) in February, would ban Illinois minors age 17 and younger from UV tanning beds. Currently, minors ages 14 to 17 are allowed to tan if they provide a parent's signature. Radogno said in a press release that she introduced the bill to protect Illinois minors from the serious health risks involved with indoor tanning beds. “Indoor tanning is a known carcinogen, and research shows that even a single session in a tanning bed increases the user’s chance of developing melanoma by 20 percent. Yet more than a quarter of 17-year-olds in the United …
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Senate Minority Leader Christine Radogno (R-Lemont) introduced legislation Friday that would prohibit teens 17 and younger from tanning in sunless tanning beds.
New legislation introduced Friday would prohibit all Illinois minors from using sunless tanning beds. Senate Bill 2244, introduced by Senate Minority Leader Christine Radogno (R-Lemont), would ban Illinois minors age 17 and younger from sunless tanning. Currently, minors ages 14 to 17 are allowed to tan if they provide a parent's signature. Radogno said in a press release that lawmakers need to take more serious action to prevent the "potentially deadly effects" of tanning. “Just as we don’t give children the option to smoke, they shouldn’t be allowed to tan indoors—which medical studies show is a dangerous, and even deadly, practice,” Radogno said in a statement. “The light from indoor tanning beds is considered a Class 1 carcinogen, and …
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7:38 am on Thursday, May 23, 2013
Why do these elected officials worry so much about these minor things? Why can't they work on passing a pension reform bill instead. Woops I forgot, Christine will get a nice pension when she retires. more ›