https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed France has around 40,000 sunbeds in tanning lounges around the country but could they soon become outlawed? One of the country’s leading consumer rights associations has called for them to be banned due to the health risks. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150123/france-be-the-next-to-ban-sun-beds Fri, 23 Jan 2015 18:13:00 +0100 france-be-the-next-to-ban-sun-beds Sunbed tanning causes 800 melanoma deaths in Europe every year, with indoor tanners running a 20 percent higher risk of developing skin cancer, according to a new French-Italian study. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120725/sunbed-tanning-causes-800-deaths-per-year-study Wed, 25 Jul 2012 09:26:00 +0200 sunbed-tanning-causes-800-deaths-per-year-study