POLL: Howell Has Tanning Salons ... Should Children Go?
A Nutley, NJ woman is charged after bringing her daughter to a tanning salon, where the 5-year old allegedly got a sunburn.
There are at least two tanning salons in Howell: Tanning Unlimited and Sapphire Tans. Would you take your child to one? That's a question that many in New Jersey are asking since Patricia Krentcil, 44, of Nutley was charged with child endangerment after allegedly letting her 5- year-old daughter come into a tanning booth with her. Krentcil's daughter told her school nurse she got a sunburn from tanning with her mother, prompting the school to call child services. Krentcil maintains she and her daughter do visit the salon together, but the 5 year-old never enters a tanning booth. Krentcil said her daughter got a sunburn from helping in the garden on a nice weekend. "The pediatrician said that she's got a little sunburn, but it was that only…
