If only this were true. Unfortunately with signs like these...
it is cheaper for teens to tan than to buy a bottle of sunscreen. Fortunately, in many states there are laws that prohibit teens from tanning without parental consent. Unfortunately, many parents consent to their teens tanning. Check out these articles from Time magazine to learn more about the magnitude of the tanning problem among teens today:
Cancer and Teen Tanning: Where's the Regulation?
Why Teens Are Obsessed With Tanning
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
How safe is your city for pedestrians?
Transportation for America has released its list of the 52 largest American metro regions, ranked according to their safety for pedestrians. Our own St. Louis ranked 21st most dangerous, one slot behind Kansas City (Missouri must be proud) and ahead of such luminous bastions of safety as New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and Washington DC. This also throws into relief The League of American Bicyclist's ranking of St. Louis as a (of 125) Bicycle-Friendly city.
I was as intrigued by the rankings as I was by the revelation that, while 1.7% of the population in St. Louis walks to work (I've made the three-mile trek myself when it was way too rainy to ride), a whopping 6% of those in the NYC metro region hoof their commute. That's owed, I'm sure, in large part to population density. But it's also something of a mindset. When you last moved to a new home, did you consider the walkability of your commute a determining factor?
Dangerous By Design
(via GOOD)
I was as intrigued by the rankings as I was by the revelation that, while 1.7% of the population in St. Louis walks to work (I've made the three-mile trek myself when it was way too rainy to ride), a whopping 6% of those in the NYC metro region hoof their commute. That's owed, I'm sure, in large part to population density. But it's also something of a mindset. When you last moved to a new home, did you consider the walkability of your commute a determining factor?
Dangerous By Design
(via GOOD)
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