Comments on: How To Rise Up & Reject Airport X-Ray Body Scanners

By: john

john — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 23:47:26 +0000

fine to resist these scanners on ethical grounds. Dont use unproven garbage references to different non relevant research in non peer reviewed journals to prove a point. It wont work. Science is about fact and proof. Even this research was blogged by someone at MIT – no reference was made to the qualifications of the blogger. The original paper from Los Alamos (written by a computer scientist not even a DNA expert) doesnt even make the same conclusion. It says that any effect is minuscule. Regardless it was only a computer model and lots of work has been done experimentally with very high powers with no effects. I have spoken to a prof of biochemistry who says if we didnt have unzipping of DNA our cells would never divide. The DNA is bouncing around all the time, zipping and unzipping. But I guess a computer programmer wouldnt know that!

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 18:24:41 +0000

@John - I think it's fair to assume people resist scanners for pecuniary, ethical and social cohesion reasons but will use health risk arguments for the social/political traction. Unfortunate for it's corruption of information & discourse but defensible as a reaction to profit motivated biz sector and seemingly boundless hunger for public surveillance and profiling from our government. It's the latter two entities who so artfully employ FUD to pollute the well of knowledge and it's comprehension. The above article opens with props for Matt Drudge, a high profile practitioner of sensational & bogus information spew. Bah.

By: John

John — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 17:45:46 +0000

Strange how a scientist like myself when actually points out scientific FACT i am accused of being in someones pocket. if you search out facts get the science right first. Look into xray, Tetahertz and mm wave they are three entirely different things yet you confuse all three in the same sentence. Sunlight is at a frequency of 2000 terahertz. Is it bad to keep the lights on!

By: Bert

Bert — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 19:12:15 +0000

@John do they pay you extra at the airport for commenting?

By: John

John — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 18:15:41 +0000

What rubbish! X ray machines are not terahertz waves. All things emit thz waves including humans. The only thz wave scanners available act like cameras and only see not bombard see company thruvision. Next generation thz macines will emitt less thz radiation than a light bulb. Thz radiation is a form of heat and 98% of all radiation you are exposed to on a daily basis is in this region. And the bubbles in DNA are essential to reproduction thats how the cells divide. Look up DNA bubble theory its heat Aka Infra red and terahertz radiation that are actually life essential. If you had any knowledge of physics basics you would know that. The biggest source of many wavelengths of radiation at huge intensities is the sun!!

By: castmaster1

castmaster1 — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 06:25:47 +0000

Thanks Lisa. I may be flying in a week too, so hopefully it will be timed with the opt out day. Good info.