4/10/2012 Radiation: Once Again Ballyhooed As Safe ... Until Oops!

Source: TESTOSTERONE PIT
Date: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at 4:13PM

It's always the same thing: for decades they tell us that there is no problem with radiation from x-ray equipment or other sources because the doses are so minuscule and so infrequent that it would be like.... Then they come up with some hoary example, such as "a 42-minute walk outside," an example I will get back to in a moment. Decades later, after millions of gullible or option-less people have been exposed to it on a regular basis, a new study comes out linking that very type of radiation and those very doses to some nasty disease.

It happened again—with Dental x-rays and risk of meningioma, a study published today in the American Cancer Society's online journal Cancer. Meningioma is the most common tumor in the brain and central nervous system, representing 33.8% of all brain tumors in the US adult population. The tumor is “associated with neurologic complications” that may include memory loss, hearing loss, vision problems, seizures, and weakness in arms and legs. According to the study, "The primary environmental risk factor consistently identified for meningioma is exposure to ionizing radiation."

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11/15/2011 Europe Bans X-Ray Body Scanners Used at US Airports

Source: TruthOut
Date: 11/15/2011
by: Michael Grabell of ProPublica

The European Union on Monday prohibited the use of X-ray body scanners in European airports, parting ways with the U.S. Transportation Security Administration, which has deployed hundreds of the scanners as a way to screen millions of airline passengers for explosives hidden under clothing.
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