Faux science, like 'studies' performed by researchers with sketchy professional credentials and that have undergone no peer review, seems to have become a mainstay of the defenders of indoor tanning. The industry has taken one from the tobacco industry's playbook-- if you don't like the conclusions of mainstream medical researchers that your product is carcinogenic, then go out and buy some bad science that's more to your liking.
For all of the medical quacks on the payroll of the indoor tanning industry, the Hotel Melanoma version of Eric Clapton’s “No Alibis”…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVZ1O0pQPyc
I beg your pardon, 'Doc' Charlatan
This is C you're hawkin’ true
Get down and sell me about it
You don't have to tout it for D
Tell me what you’re really out to do
Don't give me no tan bed lies
No untrue stories you're trying to push beds by
Don't want no tan bed lies
Just another reason for another fry
Fortune gets steeper
The soul you hid hides deeper
You better stop tan lies now
'Cause we’re dying to shine the light on you
Baby we can see right through you
Some time we’ll prove what you’re all about
Don't give me no tan bed lies
Can't justify lying to push sales high
Don't want no tan bed lies
Just another reason for another fry
Don't give me no tan bed lies
No untrue stories you're trying to push beds by
Don't want no tan bed lies
Just another reason for another fry
Fortune gets steeper
The soul you sold is getting cheaper
Better reach deep and pull your soul out
Nobody ever gonna bug you the way that I bug you
And I really want to see you losin’ this bout
Don't give me no tan bed lies
No untrue stories you're trying to push beds by
Don't want no tan bed lies
Just another reason for another fry
Don't give me no tan bed lies
Can't justify lying to make sales high
Don't want no tan bed lies
Just another reason for another fry
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- My blog reflects an ongoing quest to find the good stuff and the funny stuff I've stumbled into during my stay at The Hotel Melanoma since receiving a Stage IIIc diagnosis in 2003. And to raise awareness about this relatively unknown brand of cancer. If you find it of value in your own quest, please share it with others and make a donation to your favorite melanoma nonprofit organization to fund melanoma education, prevention and treatment research. If you're wondering why my golden retriever, Jordan, is pictured here, well, he actually writes most of my posts and he's a lot better looking than me.
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