South Florida Sun Sentinel: Cancer concerns mount over TSA body scanners
Dec 26, 2011, 8:30 am
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South Florida Sun Sentinel: Cancer concerns mount over TSA body scanners
Here's the opening sentences of a Christmas day article by Staff Writers Ken Kaye and Brittany Wallman in the South Florida Sun Sentinel
South Florida Sun Sentinel
Cancer concerns mount over TSA body scanners
December 25, 2011
The article also provides this response to the comparison Pistole frequently makes:
Airport body scanners like those used in Fort Lauderdale and Orlando may pose a significant cancer threat, particularly to those over age 65 and women genetically at risk of breast cancer, some medical experts warn.
Because the scanners' lose dose of radiation penetrates just below skin level, it could imperil the lens of the eye, the thyroid and a woman's breasts, said Dr. Edward Dauer, head of radiology at Florida Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale.
Here's the link:Because the scanners' lose dose of radiation penetrates just below skin level, it could imperil the lens of the eye, the thyroid and a woman's breasts, said Dr. Edward Dauer, head of radiology at Florida Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale.
South Florida Sun Sentinel
Cancer concerns mount over TSA body scanners
December 25, 2011
The article also provides this response to the comparison Pistole frequently makes:
However, comparing the scanners' radiation to that received during an airline flight is "misleading," according to a group of scientists from the University of California, San Francisco.
They said the cosmic radiation that infiltrates airliners is absorbed by the whole body and is thus less dangerous than the low-level radiation of the scanners, which permeates only the skin and underlying tissues. In addition to Dauer's concerns, they said blood and male testicles could be endangered.
They said the cosmic radiation that infiltrates airliners is absorbed by the whole body and is thus less dangerous than the low-level radiation of the scanners, which permeates only the skin and underlying tissues. In addition to Dauer's concerns, they said blood and male testicles could be endangered.
Dec 26, 2011, 11:07 am
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There is already discussed in other thread a couple weeks ago.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/check...s-airport.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/check...s-airport.html
Dec 26, 2011, 11:39 am
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Dr Duaer is a well respected, very wealthy doctor here in Ft Lauderdale.
He used to own the Florida Medical Center and sold it some time ago for big bucks. He still works there, however.
He owns a Classic Car Museum. Web site:
http://www.dauerclassiccars.com/
He is a force in the Ft Lauderdale medical community. People will listen to him. I expect his input to be influential in this matter.
He used to own the Florida Medical Center and sold it some time ago for big bucks. He still works there, however.
He owns a Classic Car Museum. Web site:
http://www.dauerclassiccars.com/
He is a force in the Ft Lauderdale medical community. People will listen to him. I expect his input to be influential in this matter.
Dec 27, 2011, 8:46 am
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