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'Naked' scanners at US airports may be dangerous: scientists
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| November 12th, 2010
Posted on 11/15/2010 12:21:52 PM PST by george76
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To: reagan_fanatic
I love how michael ironsides head exploded in scanners, but that’s just me.
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posted on
11/15/2010 12:54:19 PM PST
by
brivette
To: DBrow
What sort of risk do the scanner operators, even if they close only four hours per day over a number of years, have ?
Are the pilot and crew concerns on the extra radiation valid ?
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posted on
11/15/2010 1:00:54 PM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76
"The Office of Science and Technology responded this week to the scientists' letter, saying the scanners have been "tested extensively" by US government agencies and were found to meet safety standards."
That's what they said about Thalidomide.
To: george76
>>>”Men’s sexual organs are exposed to the X-rays. The skin is very thin there,” Love explained.
Solution: jock & metal cup. problem solved.
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posted on
11/15/2010 1:27:02 PM PST
by
Keith in Iowa
(FR Class of 1998 | TV News is an oxymoron. | MSNBC = Moonbats Spouting Nothing But Crap.)
To: george76
in my humble opinion, the operators don’t see that much risk, there are some health physics papers out there that describe the dose they get. Google will help there.
The pilots whining sounds odd, I think, because at least in the EU and Canada, flight crews are considered radiation workers and know about the dose they get in flight.
But, a strict application of the ALARA principle says “no additional radiation”, so on that basis, yeah they have a point, though the actual dose from a backscatter is difficult to measure.
it could be a pay issue, too.
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posted on
11/15/2010 1:27:20 PM PST
by
DBrow
To: Sax
Arggghh!!!!! Just the idea is painful!!!!!
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posted on
11/15/2010 1:29:30 PM PST
by
The Sons of Liberty
(Psalm 109:8 Let his days be few and let another take his office. - Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
To: george76
Forget the scanners, have all fliers touch a piece of bacon before getting on a plane. Problem solved.
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posted on
11/15/2010 1:31:43 PM PST
by
Hacklehead
(Note to Leftists- We Will Bury You (politically)
To: a fool in paradise
Considering how many millions of people fly on planes, there could be thousands of cases of cancer as a result of these screenings. But better thousands of Americans dying of cancer than one Muslim being offended over “profiling.”
To: Hacklehead
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posted on
11/15/2010 1:37:22 PM PST
by
DBrow
To: goodnesswins
Wanna see a reversal of the x-ray / pat down policy....large scale boycott on a given day.
Do not fly, do not make reservations for that day, do not rent a car....simply, take a day off.
When the airlines/airport/rental car/vendors scream bloody murder....then TSA’s higher ups will listen.
It's all about da money.
To: kittymyrib
Do we all (over sixty let’s say) remember the shoe stores, and the foot X-ray machines?
IIRC I believe those machines were banned for the same reason as discussed here.
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posted on
11/15/2010 1:38:35 PM PST
by
rockinqsranch
(Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will, they ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
To: Verginius Rufus
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posted on
11/15/2010 1:40:07 PM PST
by
DBrow
To: The Sons of Liberty
Ya gotta sell the sizzle!
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posted on
11/15/2010 1:40:46 PM PST
by
Sax
To: kittymyrib
We will never fly again if this foolish scanning adds to the radioactivity we have already accumulated in our bodies because of our governments wanton disregard for our health. You do realize that each time you fly you are adding more than 100x the dose you would get from one scan?
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posted on
11/15/2010 1:40:54 PM PST
by
SeeSac
To: kittymyrib; george76
Resending as I meant to send that message to george76 as well as you kitty, and thank you for the ping too.
My original post I forgot to send to george76:
“Do we all (over sixty lets say) remember the shoe stores, and the foot X-ray machines?
IIRC I believe those machines were banned for the same reason as discussed here.”
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posted on
11/15/2010 1:42:56 PM PST
by
rockinqsranch
(Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will, they ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
To: Verginius Rufus
Can’t even eat peanuts on a plane because someone might have an allergic reaction to someone else’s peanuts. Yet this gets a pass on health risks...
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posted on
11/15/2010 1:42:56 PM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(The establishment clause isn't just against my OWN government establishing state religion in America)
To: Fred Hayek
Maybe I should walk through with a dosimeter badge. Yes, I could use the grounds that one of my clients is a nuclear power plant, another is a fuel processing facility. Use the reason that the companys safety policy requires all employees associated with certain projects must have exposure logs (as in after so many millirems within a year, no more exposure situations for that year). As an officer in the company I can make such calls. Actually, in those cases, you are required to NOT have the badges exposed to outside exposures. If you did as you say above, you would be violating Federal law.
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posted on
11/15/2010 1:45:31 PM PST
by
SeeSac
To: george76
What an incredibly poorly written article. They aren’t X-rays, it’s terahertz non-ionizing EM (radio) radiation.
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posted on
11/15/2010 1:48:25 PM PST
by
SpaceBar
To: Fred Hayek
Many people including your truly are already at or near lifetime exposure to radiation. Wonder if I can get a pass card. Guess I will have to sue to find out.
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posted on
11/15/2010 1:49:31 PM PST
by
mad_as_he$$
(What flavor Kool-aid are you drinking?)
To: SpaceBar
Getting whacked in the pieces parts is a little dangerous as well.
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posted on
11/15/2010 1:51:46 PM PST
by
AppyPappy
(If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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