But I’ve Got Sunshine on a Cloudy Day!

While getting into the benefits of nature, like the sun’s rays and the natural clean air of nature, some may argue about the necessity of these things. The sunlight and it’s resulting Vitamin D, for instance,  is accessible through tanning salons. Tanning salons though do cause  skin to produce Vitamin D, but they hold  a peril of their own. Over the years numerous studies have found a connection between tanning salons and melanoma, a type of deadly skin cancer. A study in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, by Weinstock and Dartmouth researchers found that people who used tanning beds are 1.5 times more likely to develop basal cell carcinomas, a cancer of cells below your skin than those who didn’t. They also found that they are 2.5 times more likely to develop squamous cell carcinomas, a cancer of cells both in skin and other internal and external organs, than non-tanning others. Basically they found that using tanning beds increases your risk for skin cancer.

Now you may also argue that the air you breathe in your house is clean as the air outside. This is not true, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, indoor air is typically five times more contaminated than outdoor air.  The American Lung Association,  The Consumer Product Safety Commission, and  The EPA, also say its bad. For people suffering from asthma, exposure to dust mites, animal dander, cat saliva and mold, commonly found in homes and buildings, causes around 200,000 total visits to the emergency-room. For non-asthma affected people the pollutants can also cause respiratory problems like congestion, coughing, and wheezing. You can see now that people’s man-made environments can not replace the full benefits of nature.