A privately funded media organization published an attack Thursday of Smart Tan\u2019s contention that overzealous \u201cSun Scare\u201d is contributing to vitamin D deficiency.<\/p>\n
FairWarning.org is a non-profit media organization sponsored by corporate and private contributions to produce controversial stories. The group found nothing legally wrong with Smart Tan training, but took issue with Smart Tan\u2019s efforts to encourage salon employees, outside of work, to expose \u201cSun Scare\u201d to their friends and neighbors.<\/p>\n
Smart Tan\u2019s Joseph Levy spoke with FairWarning.org\u2019s Bridget Huber about how the sunscreen industry misbrands sunscreen as a daily-use product, even though the product is only designed to prevent sunburn. Smart Tan supports the correct usage of sunscreen as a product to be used only when sunburn is possible, a point that Huber didn\u2019t include in her story.<\/p>\n
\u201cDespite being more than clear on this point, FairWarning\u2019s story conspicuously and incorrectly gave the impression that we are completely against sunscreen,\u201d Levy said. \u201cIt\u2019s ironic that Huber wanted to talk about our allegation that the sunscreen industry is misbranding sunscreen as a daily-use product and what the potential effects of that can be, but her story didn\u2019t even address that point. Instead, it merely attacked Smart Tan for daring to question those who promote \u2018Sun Scare\u2019 instead of \u2018Sun Care.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
The group also criticized the non-profit foundations that Smart Tan has encouraged groups to support \u2014 groups that promote a balanced message about UV exposure, acknowledging the risks of overexposure but acknowledging that UV is natural and intended and that it is the body\u2019s chief source of vitamin D.\u201d<\/p>\n
FairWarning gave the impression that vitamin D deficiency is not an issue \u2014 interviewing dermatologists to support this point. Huber told Levy she interviewed vitamin D experts, but none of that material appeared in the piece.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A privately funded media organization published an attack Thursday of Smart Tan\u2019s contention that overzealous \u201cSun Scare\u201d is contributing to vitamin D deficiency. FairWarning.org is a non-profit media organization sponsored by corporate and private contributions to produce controversial stories. The group found nothing legally wrong with Smart Tan training, but took issue with Smart Tan\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n