Sponsorship on all 10 cows in the herd has been snapped up by businesses ranging from a car dealership to a sun tanning salon.

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How much exposure to the sun or tanning beds did you have as a child and teenager?

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How much exposure to the sun or tanning beds do you have now?

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The researchers from the University of Dundee also looked at the risk of developing skin cancer from sunbeds compared with the risk associated with tanning in the Mediterranean sun.

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"The ultraviolet rays from indoor tanning are generally stronger than the summer sun at noon, " said Dawn Holman, a behavioral scientist who works in the CDC's Division of Cancer Prevention and Control.

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Cancer Research UK says people should not use artificial tanning devices for cosmetic purposes because they - like the sun - increase skin cancer risk.

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Krentcil said that her daughter's burn came from the sun on an unusually warm day and that she would never take the girl into a tanning booth.

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