ITA Comments On Darque Tan Lawsuit

The ITA is asking Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott why he is suing a local tanning salon owner for claiming that tanning provides vitamin D, when vitamin D experts at the University of California Riverside are saying the same thing?

Anthony Norman, professor emeritus of biochemistry and of biomedical sciences at UC Riverside, is co-leading a group of 18 researchers in a “call to action” recommending that the daily intake of vitamin D for adults be revised by the government to 2,000 international units (IU).

According to a press release from the UC Riverside Newsroom, “Norman explained that a 2,000 IU daily intake of vitamin D can be achieved by a combination of sunshine, food, supplements and possibly even limited tanning exposure.”

Currently, the recommended daily intake of vitamin D is 200 IU for people up to 50 years old; 400 IU for people 51 to 70 years old; and 600 IU for people over 70 years old.

“In light of new and mounting scientific evidence concerning the possible heath benefits of exposure to UV light through stimulation of vitamin D in the body, Attorney General Abbot should rethink his case,” says ITA President Dan Humiston. “Laws denying tanning salon owners the ability to truthfully tout the benefits of vitamin D are outdated. Now that we know moderate exposure to UV light stimulates vitamin D production, there is no reason that we shouldn’t be able to make our customers aware of that fact.”

Source: Indoor Tanning Association

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