Steve Watson
Prisonplanet.com
Nov 24th, 2010
Worried about harmful x-ray firing airport body scanners? Don’t be, everything is just fine. In fact, hugging your partner in bed exposes you to more radiation, according to the corporate media.
In an article consisting of a series of slideshow pictures, CBS News today defends the scanners by suggesting that virtually any activity is more dangerous to your health.
“Some buildings are made with stone known to emit tiny amounts of radiation.” the piece suggests.
“Case in point: New York’s landmark train station, Grand Central Terminal. Wait for your train for an hour there, and you might be exposed to about 0.06 millirem, at least six times more than an airport scanner.” the article laughably claims.
It gets more bizarre as it goes along:
“Believe it or not, the human body emits radiation. That’s because it metabolizes potassium, and the potassium found in bananas and other foods and water contains radioactive as well as non-radioactive atoms.”
“One year of bedding down with someone else might expose you to 2 millirems, at least 200 times the dose from an airport scanner.” the piece suggests.
It is blatantly ludicrous to suggest that lying down next to your partner in bed is more dangerous to your health than firing x-ray radiation directly at your body tissue, yet the corporate media expects the American people to simply swallow this claim without question.
CBS even suggests that simply walking around minding your own business is potentially more of a risk than the directed bursts of radiation now being fired at air passengers.
makes me want to drink alchoholic beverages