Ray Festa Melanoma Foundation Challenges Rosie O'Donnell

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"Exposure to the sun isn't dangerous"

Montclair, NJ, December 7, 2009 – Ray Festa Melanoma Foundation (www.rayfesta.org) has requested an explanation from Rosie O'Donnell.  The actress-turned-talk show host was speaking on network TV  earlier this month when she revealed she "lives to tan" and followed up with the controversial comment about the her opinion on the safety of sunbathing.
The Ray Festa Melanoma Foundation strongly believes that Ms.O'Donnell's views were not only ill-informed but irresponsible.
The Foundation has called on O'Donnell to record a public service announcement to retract the statements. Ms O'Donnell's comments and the response of The Foundation has been picked up by a variety of  print and web media outlets.  
Famed cartoonist Marisa Marchetto, who is a longtime supporter of The Foundation, was quoted on The New York Post's gossip column PageSix, "Going out into the sun without protection is as, or even more dangerous, than having unprotected sex."

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