Melanoma Leads Idaho to Consider Limit on Tanning Salons

Jim Wilson/The New York Times
Shenandoah Hinton, 15, pitched in last week at Sage Springs Ranch in Guffey, Idaho, where Jan Gerdes, right, raises sheep and designs sun-shielding hats.

GUFFEY, Idaho — There is no tanning salon in this brittle bend of the Snake River, no unlimited monthly Titanium package for $39.99, no interest in getting any more ultraviolet light than necessary during a day spent working the dry canyon lands beneath the big, bright sun.

“We’re not really into that,” said Shenandoah Hinton, 15, on her way to rake stalls on the Sage Springs Ranch, where she will

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