- Dr. Russell Blaylock is a nationally recognized board-certified
neurosurgeon, health practitioner, author, lecturer, and editor of <http://www.blaylockreport.com/>The
Blaylock Wellness Report.
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- The growing outrage over the Transportation Security
Administrations new policy of backscatter scanning of airline passengers
and enhanced pat-downs brings to mind these wise words from President Ronald
Reagan: The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: Im
from the government and Im here to help you.
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- So, what is all the concern really about - will these
radiation scanners increase your risk of cancer or other diseases? A group
of scientists and professors from the University of California at San Francisco
voiced their concern to Obama's science and technology adviser John Holdren
in a well-stated letter back in April.
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- The group included experts in radiation biology, biophysics,
and imaging, who expressed serious concerns about the dangerously high
dose of radiation to the skin.
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- Radiation increases cancer risk by damaging the DNA and
various components within the cells. Much of the damage is caused by high
concentrations of free radicals generated by the radiation. Most scientists
think that the most damaging radiation types are those that have high penetration,
such as gamma-rays, but in fact, some of the most damaging radiation barely
penetrates the skin.
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- One of the main concerns is that most of the energy from
the airport scanners is concentrated on the surface of the skin and a few
millimeters into the skin. Some very radiation-sensitive tissues are close
to the skin - such as the testes, eyes, and circulating blood cells in
the skin.
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- This is why defenders using such analogies as the dose
being 1,000-times less than a chest X-ray and far less than what passengers
are exposed to in-flight are deceptive. Radiation damage depends on the
volume of tissue exposed. Chest X-rays and gamma-radiation from outer space
is diffused over the entire body so that the dose to the skin is extremely
small. Of note, outer space radiation does increase cancer rates in passengers,
pilots, and flight attendants.
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- We also know that certain groups of people are at a much
higher risk than others. These include babies, small children, pregnant
women, the elderly, people with impaired immunity (those with HIV infection,
cancer patients, people with immune deficiency diseases, and people with
abnormal DNA repair mechanism, just to name a few).
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- As we grow older, our DNA accumulates a considerable
amount of unrepaired damage, and under such circumstances even low doses
of radiation can trigger the development of skin cancers, including the
deadly melanoma. I would also be concerned about exposing the eyes, since
this could increase ones risk of developing cataracts.
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- About 5 percent of the population have undiagnosed abnormal
DNA repair mechanism. When exposed to radiation, this can put them at a
cancer risk hundreds of times greater than normal people.
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- It also has been determined that when skin is next to
certain metals, such as gold, the radiation dose is magnified 100-fold
higher. What if you have a mole next to your gold jewelry? Will the radiation
convert it to a melanoma? Deficiencies in certain vitamins can dramatically
increase your sensitivity to radiation carcinogenesis, as can certain prescription
medications.
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- As for the assurances we have been given by such organization
as the American College of Radiology, we must keep in mind that they assured
us that the CT scans were safe and that the radiation was equal to one
chest X-ray. Forty years later we learn that the dose is extremely high,
it is thought to have caused cancer in a significant number of people,
and the dose is actually equal to 1,000 chest X-rays.
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- Based on these assurances, tens of thousands of children
have been exposed to radiation doses from CT scanners, which will ruin
the children's lives. I have two friends who were high-ranking Environmental
Protection Agency scientists, and they assure me that in government safety
agencies, politics most often override the scientists real concerns about
such issues.
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- This government shares House Speaker Nancy Pelosis view
when she urged passage of the Obamacare bill sight unseen - Lets just pass
the bill, and we will find out what is in it later.
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- When the real effects of these scanners on health become
known, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and the rest of
the gang who insist the scanners are safe will be long gone.
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