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U.S. Government Glossed Over Cancer Concerns As It Rolled Out Airport X-Ray Scanners - ProPublica

www.propublica.org
2011-11-07T23:33:03.000Z
health terror terrorism tsa cancer radiation airport travel imported:pinboard

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A ProPublica/PBS NewsHour investigation of how this decision was made shows that in post-9/11 America, security issues can trump even long-established medical conventions. The final call to deploy the X-ray machines was made not by the FDA, which regulates drugs and medical devices, but by the TSA, an agency whose primary mission is to prevent terrorist attacks.

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Case Study: Accidental Leakage of Cesium-137 in Goiania Brazil in 1987

www.nbc-med.org
2005-05-19T19:38:47.000Z
nuclear radiation disaster imported:pinboard

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'Six year old Leide das Neves Ferreira "rubbed the powder on her body so that she glowed and sparkled."'

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