Radiation Concerns Regarding Airport
Scanning
February 6. 2010
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As mentioned on the website on February 2. 2010
in the article,
The FBI Continues To
Break The Law, travelers who fly frequently and are
exposed to additional radiation, are at higher risk of developing cancer
("There is a very dangerous problem that could erupt if
they use the industrial version of the Mind Reading Software, which
includes a scanner that acts as a MRI scan of the brain - cancer rates
will go up among people who travel often").
On February 5. 2010 the Inter-Agency Committee on
Radiation Safety confirmed the Judiciary Report's claims via their
report, in concluding, "Body scanning raises raises radiation
exposure" and that "Air passengers should
be made aware of the health risks of airport body screenings and
governments must explain any decision to expose the public to higher
levels of cancer-causing radiation."
STORY SOURCE
Airport Body Scanning Raises Radiation
Exposure, Committee Says
Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Air passengers should
be made aware of the health risks of airport body screenings and
governments must explain any decision to expose the public to higher
levels of cancer-causing radiation, an inter-agency report said.
Pregnant women and children should not be
subject to scanning, even though the radiation dose from body scanners
is "extremely small," said the Inter-Agency Committee on
Radiation Safety report, which is restricted to the agencies concerned
and not meant for public circulation. The group includes the European
Commission, International Atomic Energy Agency, Nuclear Energy Agency
and the World Health Organization.
A more accurate assessment about the health
risks of the screening won't be possible until governments decide
whether all passengers will be systematically scanned or randomly
selected, the report said. Governments must justify the additional risk
posed to passengers, and should consider "other techniques to
achieve the same end without the use of ionizing radiation."
President Barack Obama has pledged $734
million to deploy airport scanners that use x-rays and other technology
to detect explosives, guns and other contraband. The U.S. and European
countries including the U.K. have been deploying more scanners at
airports after the attempted bombing on Christmas Day of a Detroit-bound
Northwest airline flight...
http://www.bloomberg.com
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