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Put on your tin foil hats when you leave the safety of your homes - the sun is your most *constant* source of radiation outside. Inside, best ditch the microwave oven, toss your cell phone in (someone else's) trash, and totally burn your wifi internet access. Those are ALL sources of radiation.
Yoo hoo. Perhaps you have not read the reports of how these machines are putting out more radiation than reported and that they leak, etc.
If you trust FDA and TSA, that's your problem, I don't....
You will find that I mention and differentiate between backscatter scanners on the first page in my first response to you, of which you did not pay attention given this response and it's likely you did not read the link posted and you likely did not fully read your own links. And you will also see that I note that I do not trust the TSA (in the very post you quoted). I really don't see the merit in approaching any topic carelessly. Your natures news links were cockamamie. If you read them and followed the citations provided in your links, you would have seen that.
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I have two knee replacements, two hip replacments, a shoulder replacment, and a wrist full of screws and bolts. Various doctor's offices have told me they no longer issues cards attesting to your status as almost bionic. Anyone know what happens to someone like me?
My brother was like you. Getting through the airport was not easy. If you're traveling domestically, a road trip might be the way to go.
Can I not agree to be scanned by this cancer causing machines? What if I say 'no'?
Oh geez.
First, passive millimeter-wave methods don't even emit any radiation. There are other methods, such as backscatter X-ray, and non-ionizing millimeter-wave scanners.
If you are really so concerned, looked the the levels of mSv you receive on an airplane flight. The Concorde had radiation dosimeters.
There are a few other important rules to abide by: Don't run with scissors, don't jay-walk, avoid going outside when the UV index is high, or ozone is rampant. Don't inhale the radon in your basement (well, you really shouldn't), don't inhale the wonderful outgassing fumes from the new carpet you just bought....
I have two knee replacements, two hip replacments, a shoulder replacment, and a wrist full of screws and bolts. Various doctor's offices have told me they no longer issues cards attesting to your status as almost bionic. Anyone know what happens to someone like me?
Read what TSA says about "private screenings" here
The difference between sun and scanner is that the sun has been up there for millions of years and until recent 100 years or so most people didn't die from cancer even when exposed to sunrays 10 hours a day. It's the artifical sun UV protection body lotions what may cause skin cancer, more than the sun itself probably. Isn't it true that the more a country is developed the higher cancer rates are?
Denmark is #1 cancer country. Not some place in Africa where people expose themself to sun all day long. In fact the sun is anti-cancer due to vitamin D it provides. I don't think the Danes eat not healthy food, since Danish products are of very good quality, but I do believe that Danes go to doctors too much and take too many radioactive madical examinations, like x-ray, tomography, MRI etc
The difference between sun and scanner is that the sun has been up there for millions of years and until recent 100 years or so most people didn't die from cancer even when exposed to sunrays 10 hours a day. It's the artifical sun UV protection body lotions what may cause skin cancer, more than the sun itself probably. Isn't it true that the more a country is developed the higher cancer rates are?
Denmark is #1 cancer country. Not some place in Africa where people expose themself to sun all day long. In fact the sun is anti-cancer due to vitamin D it provides. I don't think the Danes eat not healthy food, since Danish products are of very good quality, but I do believe that Danes go to doctors too much and take too many radioactive madical examinations, like x-ray, tomography, MRI etc
The fact that most Danes have less melanin (sun protection) in their skin than most Africans likely has absolutely nothing to do with the differing skin cancer rates.
Anybody know if they use these in Canada as well? I am driving my wife up to Vancouver, Canada in a few weeks so she can catch a direct flight from there to China to attend a family event. She is in the early stage of pregnancy and so is a bit paranoid about going through one of these scanners- the less radiation she willingly takes on the better.
Anybody know if they use these in Canada as well? I am driving my wife up to Vancouver, Canada in a few weeks so she can catch a direct flight from there to China to attend a family event. She is in the early stage of pregnancy and so is a bit paranoid about going through one of these scanners- the less radiation she willingly takes on the better.
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