Originally Posted by
cynicAAl
did the independent report (sorry, I didn't read it; just too boring) mention that the harmful effects of radiation are cumulative ?
One isolated small dose may be statistically insignificant. But what about many of us who are (were) exposed to that small dose multiple times every week ? The human body doesn't detoxify radiation as easily as it does alcohol.
You should have read the report. Standing in your house you get as much radiation in 1.8 minutes as a single scan by the backscatter systems. Once you are on the plane and flying, it only takes 12 seconds to get the same dose.
Given your theory on the concept someone who is 100 years old should be glowing and toxic to the touch. The human body is pretty good at throwing off minute amounts of radiation, otherwise we would all have real problems.