IP: "X-ray specs" airport scanners see you naked

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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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.




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