Comments on: Opting Out of Full Body Image Scanning at the Airport – UCSF Faculty Concerned Over X-Rays – 100x Stronger Than Assumed? http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2010/11/04/opting-out-of-full-body-image-scanning-at-the-airport-ucsf-faculty-concerned-over-x-rays-100x-stronger-than-assumed/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=opting-out-of-full-body-image-scanning-at-the-airport-ucsf-faculty-concerned-over-x-rays-100x-stronger-than-assumed "If you want a vision of the future, imagine Larry Ellison eating a hot dog - forever" editor@SFCitizen.com Wed, 22 May 2013 17:03:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: How Airport Full-Body Scanners Work – and the huge national debate that is accompanying them right now – The Blogs at HowStuffWorks http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2010/11/04/opting-out-of-full-body-image-scanning-at-the-airport-ucsf-faculty-concerned-over-x-rays-100x-stronger-than-assumed/#comment-46755 How Airport Full-Body Scanners Work – and the huge national debate that is accompanying them right now – The Blogs at HowStuffWorks Wed, 17 Nov 2010 12:11:25 +0000 http://sfcitizen.com/blog/?p=24021#comment-46755 [...] sunscreens to understand these concerns, even if experts and the TSA say the machines are safe (see this letter from UCSF faculty for the [...] [...] sunscreens to understand these concerns, even if experts and the TSA say the machines are safe (see this letter from UCSF faculty for the [...]

]]> By: Thelma Williams http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2010/11/04/opting-out-of-full-body-image-scanning-at-the-airport-ucsf-faculty-concerned-over-x-rays-100x-stronger-than-assumed/#comment-43421 Thelma Williams Tue, 09 Nov 2010 04:10:16 +0000 http://sfcitizen.com/blog/?p=24021#comment-43421 THE X-RAY AIRPORT SCANNERS ARE NOT SAFE AND SHOULD HAVE UNDER GONE MUCH MORE TESTING BEFORE BEING CALLED INTO USE.THIS IS A DRACONIAN METHOD OF EXPOSING POEPLE TO DANGEROUS X-RAYS.A FREQUENT FLYER WOULD EXCEED HIS/HER DOSE LOAD IN SEVERAL TIMES OF BEING SCANNED.USUALLY THE X-RAY DOSE LOAD IS CONSIDERED FOR THE WHOLE BODY. WHY JUST TO THE SKIN? THIS IS DANGEROUS, IRRESPONSIBLE, AND NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO HAPPEN. I CAN SEE IT NOW , AN ATTENDANT HAS A BAD DAY AND SCANS A PERSON LONGER THAN NECESSARY, THE MACHINE MALFUNCTIONS, OR THOSE WITH A SERIOUS DISEASE IS TAXED BEYOND THEIR IMMUNE LIMIT BY THESE LOW RANGE X-RAYS THAT COULD PROVE FATAL TO THEM.RECAL THSE MACHINES NOW!!!! THE X-RAY AIRPORT SCANNERS ARE NOT SAFE AND SHOULD HAVE UNDER GONE MUCH MORE TESTING BEFORE BEING CALLED INTO USE.THIS IS A DRACONIAN METHOD OF EXPOSING POEPLE TO DANGEROUS X-RAYS.A FREQUENT FLYER WOULD EXCEED HIS/HER DOSE LOAD IN SEVERAL TIMES OF BEING SCANNED.USUALLY THE X-RAY DOSE LOAD IS CONSIDERED FOR THE WHOLE BODY. WHY JUST TO THE SKIN? THIS IS DANGEROUS, IRRESPONSIBLE, AND NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO HAPPEN.
I CAN SEE IT NOW , AN ATTENDANT HAS A BAD DAY AND SCANS A PERSON LONGER THAN NECESSARY, THE MACHINE MALFUNCTIONS, OR THOSE WITH A SERIOUS DISEASE IS TAXED BEYOND THEIR IMMUNE LIMIT BY THESE LOW RANGE X-RAYS THAT COULD PROVE FATAL TO THEM.RECAL THSE MACHINES NOW!!!!

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