Posted on 11/24/2010 7:59:57 AM PST by chessplayer
“They will keep pushing until we revolt.
Then they will start killing.”
Thats when the guns come out.
There are two distinct and seperate systems in use right now. One is the backscatter x-ray. The other is the millimeter-wave scanner which operates around the terahertz bandwidth. That is the one causing concern.
millimeter-wave scanners have less health risks than x-ray scanners.
Abstract
Terahertz (THz) frequencies are found in a previously underexploited region of the radiation spectrum. This non-ionising energy is now being employed in medical imaging, so the possibility of adverse effects on human skin was evaluated. Primary cultures of normal human keratinocytes (NHKs) express adhesion molecules that comprise part of the natural barrier function of the skin. The effects of exogenous agents on this barrier function can be measured. The ND7/23 cell line, which displays the characteristics of sensory neurones, can proliferate in the undifferentiated state, but can be induced to differentiate and develop neurite-like projections. Previous studies with NHK and neural cell cultures produced no evidence of the inability of these cells to differentiate and form a barrier following THz exposure. The cells were exposed to 0.14THz radiation for times varying from 10 minutes to 24 hours. For each 80-nanosecond pulse, the cells were exposed to a peak power of between 24 and 62mW/cm(2), i.e. a total energy at peak power of 345J, or 86J at average power over 24 hours. No changes in cell activity occurred, as monitored with the resazurin reduction assay, or with the barrier function of the human corneal cells, as measured with the fluorescein leakage assay. The monitoring of differentiation by using an assay for cornified envelope formation, revealed no adverse effects. Glutathione (GSH) and heat shock protein 70 levels were examined before and after differentiation, to determine the degree of the stress response, with the effects of UVB radiation as a control. UVB induced a stress response, as did heat shock treatment at 43 degrees C, whilst 0.15THz radiation, even after 24 hours of exposure, did not. Repeated exposure to THz radiation at this level, also resulted in no detectable adverse reactions.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19154093
Interesting, and shows that it is unlikely to cause skin cancer. But if Alexandrov’s model is anywhere near reality we may have a problem that would not show up in the study cited. (I really want to see a study done on the effect of terahertz waves on eyes.)
millimeter-waves are NON-IONIZING radiation. In the spectrum between microwaves and infrared rays. They can warm the body but the scanner has much less energy than your cell phone output.
They are already in the courthouses.
Some goes to Soros, some to Chertoff..
They will then invoke “the law of Unintended Consequences”..
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