TSA workers are blaming body scanners for cancer; D.C. public interest group calls for independent reviews

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7-02-2011 @ 4:03PM

Hilary said...

Marc, as someone with a Biochemistry degree, I can say that you are misinformed. Radiation damage does accumulate in the body. Why do you think hospitals have cut back on repeated CT scans in patients? Prolonged or repeated exposure to ionizing radiation causes increased amounts of damage to DNA and cell structure.

See http://www.rsna.org/Publications/rsnanews/September-2009/EHRs_feature.cfm and http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19710483 for starters.

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