THEY TOLD ME IF I VOTED FOR JOHN MCCAIN, AMERICANS’ HEALTH WOULD BE SACRIFICED TO LAME SECURITY THEATER. And they were right! U.S. Government Glossed Over Cancer Concerns As It Rolled Out Airport X-Ray Scanners. “One after another, the experts convened by the Food and Drug Administration raised questions about the machine because it violated a longstanding principle in radiation safety — that humans shouldn’t be X-rayed unless there is a medical benefit. . . . Research suggests that anywhere from six to 100 U.S. airline passengers each year could get cancer from the machines. Still, the TSA has repeatedly defined the scanners as ‘safe,’ glossing over the accepted scientific view that even low doses of ionizing radiation — the kind beamed directly at the body by the X-ray scanners — increase the risk of cancer.” (Bumped).