Word: franzblau
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...limit exposure, are patchily enforced. Most sun- lamp worshipers assume they are protected because the type of radiation produced in most tanning machines is largely UVA (alpha) light instead of UVB (beta) light, which quickly reddens fair skin. Although alpha rays do not appear to burn, says Dr. Michael Franzblau, president of the Congress of California Dermatological Societies, "they're even more dangerous because of the damage they cause to underlying tissue." UVA, he explains, can cause allergic reactions in people on medications as commonplace as tranquilizers...
...anything be done about this?" wrote second-year student Carlo Franzblau...
Baker staff said they have no control over the problem. "We do alert the facilities department when the library is uncomfortably cold," Librarian Mary Chatfield wrote in reply to Franzblau's complaint. "But it is a fact of life that the building will be chilly and drafty at times, especially on windy days...
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