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U.S. Government Glossed Over Cancer Concerns As It Rolled Out Airport X-Ray Scanners
Pro Publica ^ | November 11, 2011 | Michael Grabell

Posted on 11/02/2011 12:58:42 PM PDT by QT3.14

[snip]...One after another, the experts convened by the Food and Drug Administration raised questions about the machine because it violated a longstanding principle in radiation safety — that humans shouldn’t be X-rayed unless there is a medical benefit.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government
KEYWORDS: airportsecurity; bodyscanner; tsa

1 posted on 11/02/2011 12:58:43 PM PDT by QT3.14
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To: QT3.14

Of course the idea of just stationing a bomb sniffing dog by all the metal detectors in the airports was just too simple, cheap, effective and safe. Oh and Michael Chertoff would not have made any money off of it.


2 posted on 11/02/2011 1:16:26 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: QT3.14

It wasn’t working fast enough to poison the air and water. For whatever reasons, they need more of us to die off via these cancer machines, as we peasants all, eventually, get funneled into DeathCare.

And, to train Americans to bow and obey any pudgy jerk with a uniform and an attitude.


3 posted on 11/02/2011 1:52:43 PM PDT by Borax Queen
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Oh and Michael Chertoff would not have made any money off of it.


Great comment. That - croney capitalism corruption - is exactly why we have those machines in all the airports. It’s not for terrorism prevention.

Bureaucrats and politicans had to give taxpayers money to their pal so they could shorten taxpayers’ lives by exposing them to x-rays so the American public can be safe from terrorism.

Can’t wait ‘til we see what they do to us in the name of health care given Holdren will be next up for “private enterprise” once Obama is out of office. Hopefully he does not come up with a “death help” machine to keep taxpayers safe from life.


4 posted on 11/02/2011 2:20:28 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: QT3.14

This is going to be the Love Canal of the next decade.
A full employment act for every attorney on the planet.
A class action suit with at least 600 million plaintiffs.


5 posted on 11/02/2011 2:27:42 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: SaraJohnson

We have just stopped flying until they get this mess straightened out. We have a brand new grandchild out in CA and we can’t even go to see him. What a crock!!!


6 posted on 11/02/2011 8:21:28 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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