The battle never ends

[Don]

The quotes below comes from the FDA (OSEL) 2005 Annual Report. This report proves that the goal to reduce both the MAD (Maximum Allowable Dose) and MAAD (Maximum Allowable Annual Dose) is alive and well at FDA. As readers "up north" know, Health Canada adopted a 15 kJ/m^2 (15,000 j/m^2) "annual dose" limit last year and it appears that FDA wants to follow suit.

The battle (truly) never ends!

• Research on the doses of ultraviolet radiation needed to produce and maintain a tan leads to recommendations for dramatic lowering of the UV burden for those individuals to choose to use sunlamps. This should lead to fewer cases of skin cancer, the most common cancer in this country. This research was requested by TEPRSSC as a part of preparations for changes to the Performance Standard for Sunlamp Products.

• Completed study of 46 human subjects to explore improvements to the current FDA recommendations for exposure schedules for sunlamp products. Found that cumulative UV dose to indoor tanners could be significantly reduced.

To read the complete report, click on the link below.

http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/osel/annualreports/fy2005/index.html