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Good news- radiation type scanners replaced by safe “millimetre wave” airport scanners

scanner-millimeter---radio-wave-typeThe reporting here didn’t show much knowledge about radiation, more’s the pity. Because this is a good news item.  The new “millimetre wave” scanners, (at left) using sound waves, do not pose the radiation danger that did exist in using the “backscatter” method of airport scanning.

A pity that the mainstream  media does not seem to bother informig itself, or the public, aboutscanner-backscatter-radiation-type the differences between types of radiation. A great pity, because ionising radiation [as in ‘backscatter’  – at right) is a proven cause of cell damage  – leading to mutations, cancer, other diseases, birth deformities, and inherited genetic instability. Christina Macpherson

see-this.wayVideo New Airport Scanners Reduce Radiation Risk, TSA Says KTLA by . 17 May 13  “…..The TSA says that the new millimeter-wave scanners can not only catch the bad guys better, but the radiation emitted is well below safety standards.

So what can you expect? Ticket holders still have to “assume the position” like the old backscatter machines.

But the new machines don’t use X-ray, but rather radio-frequency waves that are considered safer….”

 http://ktla.com/2013/05/16/tsa-employees-fear-airport-security-scanners-are-making-them-sick/#ixzz2Tgjc2UcJ

May 18, 2013 - Posted by | health, radiation, technology

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