Skin Cancer in the News
Essential Questions:
What is a bill?
How does a bill become a law?
Should Maine have a law bans tanning for teens under the age of 18?
School House Rock Video - How a Bill becomes a Law?
Resources:
Here are a series of news articles on skin cancer and tanning:
- Bill LD 272 - Act to Reduce Youth Cancer Risk
- Bangor Daily News - Veto of Bill
- Bangor Daily News - Senate Override Veto
- Business Week Article
- Editorial from Bangor Daily News
- Editorial from the Bangor Daily News - "Prevent Melanoma"
- Portland Press Herald Editorial
Here is a link to the study in Pediatrics Magazine tracking Melanoma Rise in Adolescents from 1973-2009 - Click here to access the study and data.