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Posted Jun 04 2009 10:43pm

Note to Dr. Francesca Fusco, assistant clinical professor of dermatology at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York City, and educational spokesperson for The Skin Cancer Foundation:  you're a dizzy, ignorant little "expert," aintcha?

Is there such as thing as a healthy tan? Simply put, no. There is no degree of tanning, whether from natural sunlight or artificial light, like tanning beds, that can be considered safe.

And yet, as we migrated out of Africa and into northern climes 60,000 years ago the ancestors of those white folk amongst us rapidly evolved lighter skin to absorb adequate vitamin D from less intense sunlight.

And then there's this,  the global epidemiology, of which I'm quite certain you're blissfully ignorant, since I'll bet your Foundation does quite well by the makers of sunscreen products (...and the more they profit,  the more skin cancer ).

Revenues  

Well, fortunately,  judging by the comments posted to your public display of ignorance and stupidity, I'm not the only one who thinks you an opportunistic miscreant and a menace to society and good health.

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