Dangers of sunbeds are greater in the commercial sector

Editor—We have studied the ultraviolet light output of ultraviolet A sunbeds available for hire in Bradford and found a striking variability in the output of both ultraviolet A and ultraviolet B.1 Results from the analysis of the 50 sunbeds studied showed a threefold variation in ultraviolet A output with a mean output of 13.5 mW/cm2 and a 60-fold variation with a mean of 19.2 µW/cm2 for ultraviolet B. …