Matthew
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My advice? Give up on flying. The world you remember where you could easily/safely fly around the country is gone. You will be treated like a prisoner and/or guinea pig if you continue to insist that "all is well" and continue to travel by plane.
I, for one, have resigned myself to never set foot in a plane again. And that's not easy for me to say, either, because my whole family is 1200+ miles away. In fact, I seldom left my hometown before age 23. Everything I remember from my childhood through early 20's is over 1200 miles away. If I can give up flying, then I bet you can!
Health Fear Over Airport X-Ray Scanners
May 23rd, 2007
Via: thisislondon.com:
New X-Ray scanners at British airports could be exposing passengers to potentially dangerous levels of radiation, according to one senior radiologist.
The machines are designed to “strip search” passengers by using low-level X-Rays, which produce an image of their bodies, revealing whether they are secretly carrying weapons, explosives or illegal drugs.
But the scanners may not be safe for certain people, particularly children and women in the early stages of pregnancy, according to Dr Sarah Burnett, who works as an independent radiologist in London.
“It is illegal to expose people to any level of radiation without medical justification,” said Dr Burnett, who raised her concerns after being asked to undergo a full-body scan at Luton Airport.
“So how is it that the Government is allowed to irradiate us willy-nilly at airports?
“I am particularly concerned about the potential effects on women in their first trimester of pregnancy.
“That is when the risks of the baby developing genetic abnormalities are highest because radiation exposure can damage the body’s reproductive DNA.”
Called the Rapiscan Secure 1000, the device looks like a big filing cabinet and fires a low-energy X-Ray beam over the body.
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| Posted May 23, 2007, 3:44 pm |
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