Cancer surging in TSA workers (from nude scanners) Karma methinks

[Large Sarge]

http://www.prisonplanet.com/cancer-surges-in-body-scanner-operators-tsa-launches-cover-up.html

[JJ.G0ldD0t]

Karma in the truest sense of the word. Pity for them escapes me though.

[Ares]

Cancer surging in TSA workers (from nude scanners) Karma methinks

http://www.pandasport.com/forum/uploads/worlds-smallest-violin.jpg

[Half Sense]

New TSA motto:

"Turning sick individuals into diseased individuals".

[EE_]

http://images4.cpcache.com/product/t-shirts-rude-office+humor/100741674v10_225x225_Front.jpg

[Twisted Titan]

Those who worship The State will eventually get crushed by it.


useful idiots

[MAGNES]

Many here made comments long time ago.

These fuckers are gonna to be dropping giving themselves cancer.

Who was right again. The " paranoid " right again, online and here.

I have absolutely no remorse for them and this news makes me happy.

If I ever go on a plane I will be telling them this news laughing at them.

" I ain't going through that machine " " I ain't even standing here " " You are going to get cancer standing here "

" Yeah, the studies are already out "

Napolitano and her masters are evil, satanists, they have to be.

We are right about that too.

[mamboni]

If you listen very carefully you can hear Werner Heisenberg muttering in his grave: "I told you so..."

There is no safe way to bombard a human body with electromagnetic radiation of high enough energy to 'see' through inanimate materials and not cause damage to cells and their constituents, especially DNA.

[joe_momma]

IMHO it would have been nice for Prison Planet to include numbers - a "spike" is a sensational word - but cancer clusters are common (with and without environmental causes).

I think there's little evidence in the link to support the claim - my guess is that the spike is adverse selection - the TSA workers in Boston are statistically at a higher risk because of demographics - age (older), ethnicity (Caucasian), prior exposure to the sun (northern latitudes).

Mass. incidence of skin cancer is relatively high (Caucasians are more likely to contract) - 19.3 to 22.1 per 100,000 (http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/skin/statistics/state.htm)

I've no love for TSA agents (my limited experience is that they evolve into petty tyrants), but Prison Planet has not made the case that there is a risk. (BTW - I personally believe that it is prudent to minimize [voluntary] exposure to ionizing radiation to minimize the risk of developing cancers.)

[MAGNES]

These are not the opinions of alex jones and his staff.

TSA Workers = expendable widgets of the police state machine.

Go through the links, past lots of reputable info out there even from gov sources.


Cancer Surges In Body Scanner Operators; TSA Launches Cover-Up

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Fearful of provoking further public resistance to naked airport body scanners, the TSA has been caught covering up a surge in cases of TSA workers developing cancer as a result of their close proximity to radiation-firing devices, perhaps the most shocking revelation to emerge from the latest FOIA documents obtained by the Electronic Privacy Information Center.

After Union representatives in Boston discovered a “cancer cluster” amongst TSA workers linked with radiation from the body scanners, the TSA sought to downplay the matter and refused to issue employees with dosimeters to measure levels of exposure.

The documents indicate how (http://www.tgdaily.com/hardware-features/56899-tsa-ignored-warnings-on-cancer-cluster) [2], “A large number of workers have been falling victim to cancer, strokes and heart disease.”
“The Department, rather than acting on it, or explaining its position seems to have just dismissed. I don’t think that’s the way most other agencies would have acted in a similar situation if they were confronted with that question,” EPIC’s Marc Rotenberg said (http://wusa9.com/news/article/156513/373/TSA-Workers-Fear-Radiation-Dangers-From-Scanners) [3].

In an email sent to Heather Callahan (PDF (http://epic.org/privacy/backscatter/radiation_cluster_dosimeter.pdf) [4]), deputy federal security director at Boston Logan International Airport, union representatives express their concern about “TSA Boston’s growing number of TSOs working here that have thus far been diagnosed with cancer.”

Of course, if TSA workers who are merely standing near the scanners are already developing cancer, frequent flyers are also putting themselves in harm’s way by standing directly inside the radiation-firing machines.

As we reported yesterday (http://www.prisonplanet.com../new-documents-prove-tsa-mischaracterized-safety-aspects-of-full-body-scanners.html) [5], newly released internal government documents, obtained via the Freedom Of Information Act by the Electronic Privacy Information Center, reveal that the TSA, and specifically the head of the Department of Homeland Security, “publicly mischaracterized” the findings of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, in stating that NIST had positively confirmed the safety of full body scanners in tests.

In erroneously citing both NIST and the Johns Hopkins school of medicine to claim that the body scanners are safe, the TSA has also deliberately misled the public on the dangers posed by the devices.

Documents obtained by EPIC (http://epic.org/privacy/backscatter/radiation_NIST.pdf) [6] show that, far from affirming their safety, NIST warned that airport screeners should avoid standing next to full body scanners in order to keep exposure to harmful radiation “as low as reasonably achievable.”

Further documents illustrate (http://epic.org/privacy/backscatter/radiation_hopkins.pdf) [7] how a Johns Hopkins study actually revealed that radiation zones around body scanners could exceed the “General Public Dose Limit,” contradicting repeated claims by the TSA that Johns Hopkins had validated the safety of the devices.

At the time we pointed out (http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h08khPyFPinX_4vNYd1JZwn8hV4Q?docId=CNG.44282 4fa7c08853af96322d7315a6f02.461) [8] that Dr Michael Love, who runs an X-ray lab at the department of biophysics and biophysical chemistry at the Johns Hopkins school of medicine had publicly stated two days previously that “statistically someone is going to get skin cancer from these X-rays”.

TSA workers complained about the radiation dangers of the scanners back in December (http://www.prisonplanet.com../tsa-agents-complain-over-body-scanner-radiation-exposure.html) [11], saying they were being kept in the dark by their employers, despite repeated requests for information.

“We don’t think the agency is sharing enough information,” said Milly Rodriguez, occupational health and safety specialist at the American Federation of Government Employees, the union that represents TSA workers.

A study conducted last year by Dr David Brenner (http://www.prisonplanet.com../columbia-university-body-scanners-increase-risk-of-skin-cancer.html) [12], head of Columbia University’s center for radiological research, found that the body scanners are likely to lead to an increase in a common type of skin cancer called basal cell carcinoma, which affects the head and neck.

Following the study, Brenner urged medical authorities to look at his work, pointing to the dangerous notion of mass scanning millions of people without proper oversight.

“There really is no other technology around where we’re planning to X-ray such an enormous number of individuals. It’s really unprecedented in the radiation world,” said Brenner.

Similar concerns to those explored in the Columbia University study were voiced in February 2010 by the influential Inter-Agency Committee on Radiation Safety, who warned in a report that the scanners increase the risk of cancer and birth defects and should not be used on pregnant women or children.

Despite governments claiming that backscatter x-ray systems produce radiation too low to pose a threat, the organization concluded in their report that governments must justify the use of the scanners and that a more accurate assessment of the health risks is needed.

Pregnant women and children should not be subject to scanning, according to the report, adding that governments should consider “other techniques to achieve the same end without the use of ionizing radiation.”

“The Committee cited the IAEA’s 1996 Basic Safety Standards agreement, drafted over three decades, that protects people from radiation. Frequent exposure to low doses of radiation can lead to cancer and birth defects, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,” reported Bloomberg (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aoG.YbbvnkzU&pos=11) [13].

In a recent letter (http://stoptsascanners.blogspot.com/2011/05/scientists-letter-to-john-holdren.html) [14] to President Obama’s Science Advisor, several University of California professors also complained of how, “There is still no rigorous, hard, data for the safety of x-ray airport passenger scanners.” The scientists noted how the safety tests for the scanners were carried out exclusively by manufacturers, and recommended an immediate moratorium on use of the devices until the health risks can be independently studied.

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Paul Joseph Watson is the editor and writer for Prison Planet.com (http://prisonplanet.com/) [15]. He is the author of Order Out Of Chaos. Watson is also a regular fill-in host for The Alex Jones Show.

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[1] Prison Planet.com: http://www.prisonplanet.com../
[2] The documents indicate how: http://www.tgdaily.com/hardware-features/56899-tsa-ignored-warnings-on-cancer-cluster
[3] EPIC’s Marc Rotenberg said: http://wusa9.com/news/article/156513/373/TSA-Workers-Fear-Radiation-Dangers-From-Scanners
[4] PDF: http://epic.org/privacy/backscatter/radiation_cluster_dosimeter.pdf
[5] As we reported yesterday: http://www.prisonplanet.com../new-documents-prove-tsa-mischaracterized-safety-aspects-of-full-body-scanners.html
[6] Documents obtained by EPIC: http://epic.org/privacy/backscatter/radiation_NIST.pdf
[7] Further documents illustrate: http://epic.org/privacy/backscatter/radiation_hopkins.pdf
[8] At the time we pointed out: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h08khPyFPinX_4vNYd1JZwn8hV4Q?docId=CNG.44282 4fa7c08853af96322d7315a6f02.461
[9] Image: http://www.prisonplanet.tv/
[10] Stock up with Fresh Food that lasts with eFoodsDirect (AD): http://www.efoodsdirect.com/
[11] complained about the radiation dangers of the scanners back in December: http://www.prisonplanet.com../tsa-agents-complain-over-body-scanner-radiation-exposure.html
[12] A study conducted last year by Dr David Brenner: http://www.prisonplanet.com../columbia-university-body-scanners-increase-risk-of-skin-cancer.html
[13] reported Bloomberg: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aoG.YbbvnkzU&pos=11
[14] In a recent letter: http://stoptsascanners.blogspot.com/2011/05/scientists-letter-to-john-holdren.html
[15] Prison Planet.com: http://prisonplanet.com/

[SWRichmond]

Tell it to this asshole:

http://www.google.com/search?q=homeland+security+director+bush&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a#sclient=psy&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=Xue&rls=org.mozilla:en-US%3Aofficial&source=hp&q=chertoff+picture&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=f0db36aa1c9349b9&biw=1272&bih=653

[PatColo]

http://naturalnews.com/gallery/dir/TSA/TSA-Security-Area.jpgClaim: TSA employees now developing cancer clusters from standing near body scanner machines (http://www.naturalnews.com/032841_body_scanners_cancer.html)

By Mike Adams, NaturalNews Editor
June 28 - In a new twist to the TSA saga to which we can only say, "We told ya so," the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) has obtained documents through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) that reveal TSA...
http://www.naturalnews.com/032841_body_scanners_cancer.html


http://naturalnews.com/gallery/dir/TSA/Security-Latex-Gloves.jpgTSA makes grandma fly with no underwear (explicit satire) (http://www.naturalnews.com/032840_TSA_underwear.html)

By Mike Adams, NaturalNews Editor
June 28 - Remember the story about Jean Weber, the 95-year-old leukemia patient in a wheelchair who had her adult diaper removed by the TSA as part of their "security screening?" (http://www.naturalnews.com/032827_TSA_adult_diaper...
http://www.naturalnews.com/032840_TSA_underwear.html


http://naturalnews.com/gallery/dir/Transportation/TSA-X-Ray-Scan-Crowd.jpgExposed documents reveal Napolitano, TSA lied about safety of cancer-causing naked body scanners (http://www.naturalnews.com/032839_body_scanners_TSA.html)

By Ethan A. Huff, staff writer
June 28 - Remember when Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano claimed back in 2010 that the US Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) naked body scanners had been proven safe by research...
http://www.naturalnews.com/032839_body_scanners_TSA.html

[ShortJohnSilver]

Think about it - perfect way to sterilize the peons without them even noticing.

[mrnhtbr2232]

What these people have been doing is treason - how poetic they will die slow deaths as their punishment.

[PatColo]

it's not just "slow death", it's with TPTB's anticipation that the victims' (of these depopulation ops) material wealth will be separated from them & their families and transferred to TPTB's Big Pharma/Med/Cancer-treatment rackets.

From the various "disaster warfare" ops covertly underway by governments against humanity (BP/gulf op, fukushima, "natural weather disasters"), or by known slow-kill poisons in our air, water, food, and carcinogenic naked body scanners; TPTB's saying to humanity-"that's what you get for workin' hard & playin' by the rules, slave! "

Eustace Mullins: Murder By Injection


http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6229689573281687331

[PatColo]

pasting from Stirling's blog (http://europebusines.blogspot.com/):



Final Texas Senate version of TSA Bill authorizes invasive groping - with video ~ link (http://www.activistpost.com/2011/06/final-senate-version-of-tsa-bill.html) ~ link (http://www.infowars.com/final-senate-version-of-tsa-bill-authorizes-invasive-groping/) ~ This shows not only how bought-and-paid-for political whores spin things into the exact opposite of what they claim, but also just how far down the path of police state fascism that America has already gone. Stirling

Despite Texas lawmakers claiming otherwise, the final Senate version of a bill that purports to criminalize invasive pat downs actually authorizes the TSA to continue groping travelers, mandating only that they need “reasonable suspicion” to indicate that the person may be carrying a prohibited object, which could easily be claimed if the person sets off a metal detector or refuses to undergo a full body scan.

Essentially, after weeks of federal threats and deliberate sabotage, the legislation passed by the Senate last night gives the TSA carte blanche to continue business as usual, because the language of the bill is completely toothless.

An even weaker version of the bill was passed the House yesterday (http://www.newser.com/article/d9o4ji580/texas-lawmakers-back-watered-down-airport-groping-bill-angering-conservative-activists.html) as protesters, led by Austin-based radio host Alex Jones, chanted “treason” and “traitors” outside the chambers of both the House and Senate. The House will today hear the final Senate version of the bill.


Calls for TSA Chief's head as agency now denies it forced removal of adult diaper ~ link (http://www.infowars.com/calls-for-tsa-chiefs-head-as-agency-now-denies-it-forced-removal-of-adult-diaper/) ~ This is an example of how fascism is being forced upon us. The lady with the adult diaper was a 95 year old lady in a wheelchair dying of cancer. Her daughter, who was traveling with her mother, was so upset she was crying, so the TSA goons held her back and the 95 year old dying lady was forced to fly without her. This is way beyond stupidity or evil heartless behavior. This is one of many examples that the fascists controlling the American government are using to make it plain to the American public that the days of Constitutional Law and reasonableness are long gone...that you will obey or else! If the American sheeple continue to allow this, they will soon pay a horrific price as the fascists drive home a high-tech police state way beyond what Hitler or Stalin & Lenin were able to accomplish in their time. Stirling

[Spectrism]

I remember the wimpy guy and his wife I warned in a checkpoint line.... and they laughed at me.

In all my travels, I recall that the supervisers were always far away from the scanners. So, if you travel, tell the low-level scanner people to consider where their supervisers hang out and who is close to the X-rays all day. Suggest that they wear lead underwear if they cannot afford the gold underwear their supervisers have.

[Shami-Amourae]

Mirrored for the JewTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-iqkbom9Os

[sunshine05]

We all knew it at the time this all started. Reports showed that there was no evidence these machines were safe. So why do people go through them? I don't understand that. And what's going to be next? RFID chips or retinal scanners?

[joe_momma]

We all knew it at the time this all started. Reports showed that there was no evidence these machines were safe. So why do people go through them? I don't understand that. And what's going to be next? RFID chips or retinal scanners?

Follow the money - I no longer recall exactly, but the maker of the scanners was well connected with the politicians when the scanning idea was introduced. This was about a crony getting a sweetheart deal from the government so sell scanners.

(edit)
Found it (one of many really)

Chief among them is former DHS secretary Michael Chertoff, who now heads the Chertoff Group, which represents one of the leading manufacturers of whole-body-imaging machines, Rapiscan Systems.

http://motherjones.com/mojo/2010/01/airport-scanner-scam