Comments on: TSA to launch independent study of X-Ray Body Scanners for health risks

By: C W

C W — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 16:47:00 +0000

Probably one a them Constitutional literalists who’s never actually read the Constitution. You know, the one who thinks Facebook violates his FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.

By: Daemonworks

Daemonworks — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 10:10:00 +0000

Has the TSA displayed any ability to assess risks?

By: Cowicide

Cowicide — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 01:07:00 +0000

hmmm…

By: shaun cress

shaun cress — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 23:22:00 +0000

could you define that alittle more

By: Cowicide

Cowicide — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 23:17:00 +0000

Probably the same reason the government has the power to stop me from building a shoddy skyscraper on my own land that threatens to fall on my neighbor’s home?

By: panhead20

panhead20 — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 22:09:00 +0000

“They say the risk is minimal, but statistically someone is going to get skin cancer from these X-rays,” Dr Michael Love, who runs an X-ray lab at the department of biophysics and biophysical chemistry at Johns Hopkins University school of medicine, told AFP. “No exposure to X-ray is considered beneficial. We know X-rays are hazardous but we have a situation at the airports where people are so eager to fly that they will risk their lives in this manner,”

The only prudent thing is to listen to the International Atomic Energy Agency and the International Commission on Radiological Protection: “The ICRP recommends that any exposure above the natural background radiation should be kept as low as reasonably achievable.” We can reasonably throw body scanners that emit ionizing radiation in the trash can, and we should. We could also listen to the National Academy of Sciences: ”The committee has concluded that there is no compelling evidence to indicate a dose threshold below which the risk of tumor induction is zero.” All ionizing radiation, at any dose, causes cancer. Lower doses cause fewer cancers, but there is no safe dose. Read more about this, including an explanation of why scientific studies to establish the danger of very low doses of radiation aren’t feasible, at: http://www.iaea.org

By: shaun cress

shaun cress — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 22:03:00 +0000

if the tsa is a goverment body and all the airlines and airports are private bussiness’s why and how do the tsa have any power in them ??

By: blissfulight

blissfulight — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 21:53:00 +0000

So if it turns out that they machine do expose you to dangerously high levels of radiation, does this mean that the TSA and the manufacturer are liable, and that the feds intend to get a refund on all the machines from the manufacturer by returning them, since they’ll no longer be able to use them? (Quit laughing.)

By: Tribune

Tribune — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 21:53:00 +0000

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By: Mike Richards

Mike Richards — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 21:19:00 +0000

After irradiating a few billion test subjects now it’s time to do the epidemiology.

Next step is to ensure they’re not liable if there is found to be a causal link.

By: Bashtarle

Bashtarle — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 20:54:00 +0000

Can’t they just give me a ton of money to tell them that “the scanners subject people to levels of radiation above background”, followed up by “elevated radiation is bad…”

By: Damien

Damien — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 20:53:00 +0000

ITYM Radioactive Porno Scanners.