Indoor Tanning Industry Funded Author of NEJM Review On Vitamin D

From The Cancer Letter, April 18, 2008:

The UV Foundation is a cheerful, sunny name. The non-profit has sponsored the research of Michael Holick, a Boston University  rofessor, whose work advocates “sensible sun exposure.”

Research support from the foundation was acknowledged in Holick’s  review article in the July 19, 2007, issue of The New England Journal of Medicine that suggests that a few minutes in the sun or at a tanning salon can help avoid the purported deadly consequences of vitamin D deprivation.

However, the disclosure didn’t mention that the UV Foundation is an offshoot of the Indoor Tanning Association and that all of its board members also serve as fiduciaries of the parent trade association, which represents the artificial tanning industry.

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