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Cancer Survivor: Tanning Restrictions Protect Teens

By Jim McLean
Published February 9, 2016 at 2:00 PM CST
Amy Holdman will speak to a legislative committee Tuesday in support of a bill that would ban people under 18 from using ultraviolet tanning beds. (Photo by Jim McLean)
Amy Holdman will speak to a legislative committee Tuesday in support of a bill that would ban people under 18 from using ultraviolet tanning beds. (Photo by Jim McLean)

Amy Holdman has a cautionary tale for Kansas lawmakers. The 41-year-old mother of two from Overland Park will be in Topeka today (TUES) to speak in favor of a bill that would prohibit anyone under the age of 18 from using ultraviolet tanning beds. More from Jim McLean of the KHI News Service.

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Jim McLean
Jim McLean, Executive Editor of KHI News Service, oversees the KHI News Service. From 2005 until 2013, McLean coordinated all communications activities at KHI as Vice President for Public Affairs. The position he now occupies was created as part of a strategic initiative to solidify the editorial and operational independence of the KHI News Service. Prior to coming to KHI, McLean had a distinguished career as a journalist, serving as the news director and Statehouse bureau chief for Kansas Public Radio and a managing editor for the Topeka Capital-Journal. During his more than 20 years in Kansas journalism, McLean won numerous awards for journalistic excellence from the Kansas Press Association, regional chapters of the Society of Professional Journalists and the Kansas Association of Broadcasters. In 1997, McLean and two Capital-Journal colleagues received the Burton W. Marvin News Enterprise Award from the University of Kansas William Allen White School of Journalism for a series of stories on the state’s business climate. McLean holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Washburn University.
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