A New Jersey mother is arrested and charged with second-degree child threatened after being accused of taking her five year old daughter to the tanning salon.
Patricia Krenticil has not denied that her five year old daughter to the tanning salon with her, but she did attempt to give the child burns and rashes due to outside Sun
"The pediatrician said she got a little sunburn, but it was only weekend we were out doing the gardening," Krentcil, 44, said. " I never once in my life let me daughter, especially at that age, go into a solarium. "
The five-year-old named Anna, had a rash and the school nurse took notice of it. She asked Anna what had happened and the girl turned out that it happened to go sunbathing with her mother. The school nurse then informed the authorities.
Patricia Krentcil the burns described as not serious and said she was told that "over-the-counter stuff" on the results.
The authorities believe that Krentcil her five year old daughter took in the sun without the knowledge of the salon. The name of the Nutley, NJ, salon is not disclosed.
"The little girl went to school and reported that she had burns and that caused the school to contact the authorities," Katherine Carter, spokeswoman for the office of the Essex County prosecutor, said.
New Jersey law states that anyone under the age of 14 is allowed to use a sunbed. Young people over 14 but under 18 may use these facilities, but only with parental approval.
The investigation is "ongoing." Patricia Krentcil is currently at $ 25,000 surety, Anna is in the custody of her father.
Skin cancer is on the rise among young adults, according to a study published in early April, as reported by the New York Daily News.
Between the years 1970 and 2009, the rate of melanoma lap eightfold among women and quadrupled among men, according to the study by the Mayo Clinic. Researchers studied medical records of a county in Minnesota on that specific time period.
Lead researcher Jerry Brewer, MD, a Mayo Clinic dermatologist, noted the "dramatic increase of women in their 20s and 30s."
"We expect rising prices we find, as other studies suggest, but we found a higher incidence than the National Cancer Institute had reported," he told the New York Daily News.
Ultraviolet light in tanning beds are especially dangerous because UV light can damage DNA and cause mutations and cancer.
Patricia Krenticil has not denied that her five year old daughter to the tanning salon with her, but she did attempt to give the child burns and rashes due to outside Sun
"The pediatrician said she got a little sunburn, but it was only weekend we were out doing the gardening," Krentcil, 44, said. " I never once in my life let me daughter, especially at that age, go into a solarium. "
The five-year-old named Anna, had a rash and the school nurse took notice of it. She asked Anna what had happened and the girl turned out that it happened to go sunbathing with her mother. The school nurse then informed the authorities.
Patricia Krentcil the burns described as not serious and said she was told that "over-the-counter stuff" on the results.
The authorities believe that Krentcil her five year old daughter took in the sun without the knowledge of the salon. The name of the Nutley, NJ, salon is not disclosed.
"The little girl went to school and reported that she had burns and that caused the school to contact the authorities," Katherine Carter, spokeswoman for the office of the Essex County prosecutor, said.
New Jersey law states that anyone under the age of 14 is allowed to use a sunbed. Young people over 14 but under 18 may use these facilities, but only with parental approval.
The investigation is "ongoing." Patricia Krentcil is currently at $ 25,000 surety, Anna is in the custody of her father.
Skin cancer is on the rise among young adults, according to a study published in early April, as reported by the New York Daily News.
Between the years 1970 and 2009, the rate of melanoma lap eightfold among women and quadrupled among men, according to the study by the Mayo Clinic. Researchers studied medical records of a county in Minnesota on that specific time period.
Lead researcher Jerry Brewer, MD, a Mayo Clinic dermatologist, noted the "dramatic increase of women in their 20s and 30s."
"We expect rising prices we find, as other studies suggest, but we found a higher incidence than the National Cancer Institute had reported," he told the New York Daily News.
Ultraviolet light in tanning beds are especially dangerous because UV light can damage DNA and cause mutations and cancer.
