Good Riddance Radiation

<span style="font-size: large;">    I was so happy when I heard <span style="font-size: large;">about <span style="font-size: large;">this a week ag</span>o that I al<span style="font-size: large;">most stopped my <span style="font-size: large;">exams to<span style="font-size: large;"> blog about it.</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">   The airport scanners that use radiation - ones I have ra<span style="font-size: large;">iled against in the page<span style="font-size: large;">s of this blog site</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> - <span style="font-size: large;">are getting the boot.  Here is a<a href="http://yourhealtheducator.blogspot.com/2009/12/privacy.html" target="_blank"> link</a> to just o<span style="font-size: large;">ne of those examples.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">   I would love to say that the complain<span style="font-size: large;">ts and concerns of <span style="font-size: large;">people like me<span style="font-size: large;"> who value the health of the public and recog<span style="font-size: large;">nize that any amo<span style="font-size: large;">unt of radiation is a risk, made this happen.<span style="font-size: large;">  </span>We did not.  Instead, the machines ha<span style="font-size: large;">ve been difficult to main<span style="font-size: large;">t<span style="font-size: large;">ain, have <span style="font-size: large;">technical gl<span style="font-size: large;">itches and may be impr<span style="font-size: large;">op<span style="font-size: large;">erly used <span style="font-size: large;">by some airport employees.  <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20121023/us-travel-brief-airport-scanners/" target="_blank">Here</a> is a short story about the remov<span style="font-size: large;">al of the machines from NYC airports.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">   As they go, the reason <span style="font-size: large;">doesn't matte<span style="font-size: large;">r<span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-size: large;">so much -</span></span> as </span>long as the<span style="font-size: large;">y go.  <span style="font-size: large;">Unfortunat<span style="font-size: large;">ely, some of th<span style="font-size: large;">em are being recommis<span style="font-size: large;">sioned to smalle<span style="font-size: large;">r airports where I suppo<span style="font-size: large;">se the staff have the time to deal with problems.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span> </span>

Good Riddance Radiation

    I was so happy when I heard about this a week ag o that I al most stopped my exams to blog about it.    The airport scanners that use r...

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