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IP: "X-ray specs" airport scanners see you naked
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 12:16:54 -0500
------ Forwarded Message From: Eric Weisberg <weisberg () texoma net> Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 11:03:10 -0600 To: farber () cis upenn edu Subject: Re: For IP: "X-ray specs" airport scanners see you naked
From what I am told, the writer is incorrect--there is no minimum threshold at
which X-rays cease causing damage. I believe you can analogize X-rays to tiny red hot bullets perforating your body. The damage is structural as well as genetic. "Naturally," the more bullets, the more damage.
-----Original Message----- From: Stanton McCandlish <mech () eagle eff org> Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 13:17:11 To: farber () eagle eff org Subject: For IP: "X-ray specs" airport scanners see you naked
new electronic strip-searches? http://civilliberty.about.com/library/weekly/aa032102a.htm
I'll also add here that I'm personally curious as to the long-term effects of repeated exposures to a machine that uses low doses of X-rays. It may well be nothing -- if the dosage is sufficiently low, it could be below the threshold at which it causes tissue damage. But frequent flyers -- especially those who've yet to have children -- might want to do a little research. ------ End of Forwarded Message For archives see: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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