The Sun: Cancer fury over tan doll

Published by Colin on 14th June 2001.

A new children’s doll that turns deep brown after just a few minutes in the sun has been slammed by cancer experts as encouraging children to think sunbathing is safe.

That is one hell of a stupid toy invention, you’d think people would be aware of the dangers of the sun by now. Probably not though, I still see loads of people rush to bask (bake?) in the sun as soon as a few rays pop out.