Scientists challenge TSA on scanner radiation,Warn of 'potential health consequences' to elderly, pregnant women, children

In other words, the risks are through the roof

But it's okay, because we're just trying to keep you safe!

Terahertz Scanner Waves Damage DNA
A new model of the way the THz waves interact with DNA explains how the damage is done and why evidence has been so hard to gather



Great things are expected of terahertz waves, the radiation that fills the slot in the electromagnetic spectrum between microwaves and the infrared. Terahertz waves pass through non-conducting materials such as clothes , paper, wood and brick and so cameras sensitive to them can peer inside envelopes, into living rooms and “frisk” people at distance.

The way terahertz waves are absorbed and emitted can also be used to determine the chemical composition of a material. And even though they don’t travel far inside the body, there is great hope that the waves can be used to spot tumours near the surface of the skin.

With all that potential, it’s no wonder that research on terahertz waves has exploded in the last ten years or so.

But what of the health effects of terahertz waves? At first glance, it’s easy to dismiss any notion that they can be damaging. Terahertz photons are not energetic enough to break chemical bonds or ionise atoms or molecules, the chief reasons why higher energy photons such as x-rays and UV rays are so bad for us. But could there be another mechanism at work?

The evidence that terahertz radiation damages biological systems is mixed. “Some studies reported significant genetic damage while others, although similar, showed none,” say Boian Alexandrov at the Center for Nonlinear Studies at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico and a few buddies. Now these guys think they know why.

Alexandrov and co have created a model to investigate how THz fields interact with double-stranded DNA and what they’ve found is remarkable. They say that although the forces generated are tiny, resonant effects allow THz waves to unzip double-stranded DNA, creating bubbles in the double strand that could significantly interfere with processes such as gene expression and DNA replication. That’s a jaw dropping conclusion.



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my biggest concern is the possible health consequences to future generations. Women are born with all of the eggs they will ever have and TSA is zapping them.

I used to work in the electronics industry. Quality control procedures required printed circuit boards to be x-rayed to verify the via holes were registered correctly. When I worked with the x-ray machine, I was required to wear at all times a dosimeter. This was checked at regular intervals for radiation exposure even though the entire 5 second exposure process was enclosed in a lead lined steel box. I believe this was required by OSHA.

I just can't understand how TSA personnel and the public walk around all this exposed equipment.

because TSA employees are stupid, they need a job, and the government tells them it's safe.

well after reading this thread...I am not going to fly...screw TSA I'll drive or take a train. I'm not willing to take any chances with me or my kid going through those scanners.

Thats the whole point the elites do not care.

It's widely known that they want population reduction.
They are doing it through many ways.

Food,gmo,prescription drugs,food additives etc. fluoride.

Violation of A.L.A.R.A.

so what license are they operating under and why are they not wearing a radiation dosimeter???

"As defined in Title 10, Section 20.1003, of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR 20.1003), ALARA is an acronym for "as low as (is) reasonably achievable," which means making every reasonable effort to maintain exposures to ionizing radiation as far below the dose limits as practical, consistent with the purpose for which the licensed activity is undertaken, taking into account the state of technology, the economics of improvements in relation to state of technology, the economics of improvements in relation to benefits to the public health and safety, and other societal and socioeconomic considerations, and in relation to utilization of nuclear energy and licensed materials in the public interest. For additional detail, see Dose Limits for Radiation Workers and Dose Limits for Radiation Workers."
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without licensure but a cram course

How can you tell if the TSA is lying? If their lips are moving! My wife is a doctor, and she will be getting the TSA grope this weekend. She would not recommend the scanner to anyone, even though she knows the grope is unconstitutional. This scanner is dangerously high levels of radiation, that's why the pilots refused to use it. The whole plan is worthless anyway. They will never catch a terrorist with the grope or the scanner, because neither one works.

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"The scary thing to me is not what happens in normal operations, but what happens if the machine fails," Rez told the TImes. "Mechanical things break down, frequently."

"Because this device can scan a human in a few seconds, the X-ray beam is very intense," the California professors' letter states. "Any glitch in power at any point in the hardware (or more importantly in software) that stops the device could cause an intense radiation dose to a single spot on the skin. Who will oversee problems with overall dose after repair or software problems?

Exactly,I travel frequently this shit pisses me off.

These tsa slaves walk through these machines all day long.
I have seen them.

finally a REAL picture yikes!

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this is soo NOT right!