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Originally Posted by cologal
Richie...if you are upset about potential cancer risks in the USA why in the world are you using a link from the UK? Seems odd. So you will probably say "its because the lame stream media isn't covering this issue". To which I will retort "That's because your sources sensationalize and hype these types of stories" So to avoid this I did some research....
http://healthland.time.com/2011/06/3...agents-cancer/
The curious thing is at first they are talking about the BODY scanners but those haven't been deployed for 9 years. But then they reference the BAGGAGE XRAY machines which have been in use longer. We only just marked the 10th anniversary of 9/11 so to take a sampling back 9 years seems odd. My airport didn't get the baggage scanners for 4 or 5 years after 9/11. |
this from your link...
~He adds that while it isn't impossible for the cancer cases in the Boston airport workers to be linked to radiation exposure on the job, the "latency period between radiation exposure and a radiation-induced cancer" is generally years, not months.
"That being said, I see no reason at all why the TSA staff working the airport X-ray machines are not provided with film badges to monitor the radiation dose," says Brenner. "If they were working with X-ray machines in a hospital setting, they would certainly be wearing film badges."~
These statements are in line with what is taught in any Radiologic (X-Ray) Technologist school, under the heading of Radiation Safety! How TSA can be allowed to turn a blind eye to certain regulations and the safety of their employees and all travelers that pass thru AND NEAR these machines is amazing to me! X-Ray rooms are surrounded by lead walls to protect those outside the room! Those working in the rooms are provided with lead aprons and dosimeter/film badge exposure monitoring devices. Patients are not given unnecessary exams in an attempt to keep their exposure to a minimum, with strict risk/benefit policies in place.