TSA RADIATION SCANNERS IN THE NEWS AGAIN
Soooooo.... TSA now wants to back off from having an independent study of the health effects of full-body scanners, using the flimsy excuse of the "Homeland Security" Inspector General's report claiming they are "not harmful"? (http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/16/travel/tsa-body-scanners/index.html?hpt=hp_c2) When the only "safety studies" (complete with calculation errors, incomplete data and anomalies) ever conducted on these machines have been by the manufacturers (not exactly an impartial body with no vested interest in the outcome)?
CANCER CONCERNS, TSA CANCER COVERUP (see related link below), & SCANNERS NOW BANNED IN EUROPE
(from:http://www.geek.com/articles/news/airport-full-body-x-ray-scanners-banned-across-europe-as-unsafe-20111116/)
In order to scan a person below their clothing the machines employ ionizing radiation. Even though this is known to be damaging to our DNA, it is argued that a single scan forms a very small dose, so is deemed as acceptable in the U.S. In Europe however, it has just been decided that the machines form a risk to passenger’s health and safety, and therefore cannot be used.
This will surely cause some concern among those who regularly use U.S. airports and the body scanners. If Europe has banned them for health and safety reasons, why are U.S. airports happy to allow millions of people to be exposed to this radiation before flying?
The TSA‘s response when asked about the decision in Europe was to point towards the rigorous testing the technology is subjected to, plus the fact 300+ “dangerous and illegal items” have been detected by employing the body scanners.
Such a response offers little reassurance when others have decided it causes a health risk. It also doesn’t help that the TSA was accused of covering up the fact significantly more TSA workers were developing cancer earlier this year from working around the scanners. (Link: http://www.infowars.com/cancer-surges-in-body-scanner-operators-tsa-launches-cover-up/)
.....And some people still think I'm being silly when I ALWAYS "OPT OUT".
CANCER CONCERNS, TSA CANCER COVERUP (see related link below), & SCANNERS NOW BANNED IN EUROPE
(from:http://www.geek.com/articles/news/airport-full-body-x-ray-scanners-banned-across-europe-as-unsafe-20111116/)
In order to scan a person below their clothing the machines employ ionizing radiation. Even though this is known to be damaging to our DNA, it is argued that a single scan forms a very small dose, so is deemed as acceptable in the U.S. In Europe however, it has just been decided that the machines form a risk to passenger’s health and safety, and therefore cannot be used.
This will surely cause some concern among those who regularly use U.S. airports and the body scanners. If Europe has banned them for health and safety reasons, why are U.S. airports happy to allow millions of people to be exposed to this radiation before flying?
The TSA‘s response when asked about the decision in Europe was to point towards the rigorous testing the technology is subjected to, plus the fact 300+ “dangerous and illegal items” have been detected by employing the body scanners.
Such a response offers little reassurance when others have decided it causes a health risk. It also doesn’t help that the TSA was accused of covering up the fact significantly more TSA workers were developing cancer earlier this year from working around the scanners. (Link: http://www.infowars.com/cancer-surges-in-body-scanner-operators-tsa-launches-cover-up/)
.....And some people still think I'm being silly when I ALWAYS "OPT OUT".