Ontario's tanning bed ban for minors largely ineffective due to lax enforcement by public health units, study suggests
A study from the University of Guelph says public health agencies being strapped for cash has meant a lack of substantial enforcement of the regulations - a finding that comes as the Progressive Conservative government recently announced cuts to health units across the province.
Those health units, which provided data regarding 485 facilities that offered indoor tanning services, indicated that there had been 242 total infractions from 2014 to the end of 2017. The vast majority - 201 - were related to the posting, or lack of, signs that warned about skin cancer risks and detailed rules banning minors from indoor tanning.
“The issue with the complaint-based inspection is who would be complaining about the infraction? People going into tanning facilities are almost always people using them and are unlikely to complain and what owner or operator will complain about themselves?” McWhirter said.
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