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Originally Posted by cologal
I would agree that badges should have given to all TSA agents upon deployment of the scanners......if that didn't happen under the previous administration then it should now.
But you missed this:
The TSA provided this May 2010 document from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) that states in reference to the "cancer cluster" claimed by the Boston union that "15-25 cases of cancer over nine years among approximately 1100 employees are not an excess of cancer." NIOSH states that "it is unlikely that the cancers reported are associated with exposures from the TSA baggage screening machines at [Boston Logan International Airport]."
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Right! The effects of exposure are accumulative and/or usually don't show up until years later...as previously quoted
the "latency period between radiation exposure and a radiation-induced cancer" is generally years, not months.
The cancers caused by the exposures that have already occured will probably not show up for years! In the meantime, how are the exposure monitored AND how much more will they be exposed to that will further increase the chance of future disease?