{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Smart Tan News","provider_url":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com","title":"IARC Risk Difference: 1 in 1000 - Smart Tan News","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"BdvQMUZDEC\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/iarc-risk-difference-1-in-1000\/\">IARC Risk Difference: 1 in 1000<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/iarc-risk-difference-1-in-1000\/embed\/#?secret=BdvQMUZDEC\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;IARC Risk Difference: 1 in 1000&#8221; &#8212; Smart Tan News\" data-secret=\"BdvQMUZDEC\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"A Wilmington News-Journal report published last week best-expressed the weakness of the data used by a World Health Organization working group last summer in a controversial report used to suggest that tanning is on par with cigarettes as a risk. The data suggest that just isn\u2019t the case. \u201cA report published last summer by the World Health Organization summarized that \u2018there was no consistent evidence for a dose-response relationship between indoor tanning exposure and risk of melanoma.\u2019 The report's strongest study \u2014 which followed more than 100,000 women over eight years \u2014 found that less than three-tenths of 1 percent who tanned frequently developed melanoma while less than two-tenths of 1 percent who didn't tan developed melanoma. Almost all the other studies in the report did not establish a strong link between the two,\u201d Delaware\u2019s largest newspaper reported. In other words, the difference in risk between tanners and non-tanners in the report\u2019s strongest study was a 1 in 1,000 difference in overall risk. Tanning opponents have attempted to massage the data into suggesting that tanners who start tanning early have a 75 percent higher risk of contracting melnoma \u2014 another statistic that independent health analysts say is bogus. \u201cThe overall risk of contracting melanoma \u2014 whether using tanning beds or not \u2014 remains well under 1 percent. For that reason, using the 75 percent statistic is misleading,\u201d Dr. Lisa M. Schwartz told the News-Journal. Schwartz is the co-author of a book educating people on how to properly analyze health statistics called Know Your Chances. \"Melanoma is pretty rare and almost all the time, the way to make it look scarier is to present the relative change, the 75 percent increase, rather than to point out that it is still really rare.\"  To read the News Journal story click here.","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/2010-03-07-IARC-Risk-Difference-1-in-1000-copy1.jpg"}