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20. First order of business ...

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Did Airport Scanners Give Boston TSA Agents Cancer? ....

Read more: http://healthland.time.com/2011/06/30/did-airport-scanners-give-boston-tsa-agents-cancer/#ixzz2Bqz7obLJ

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“Skin cancers are a particular concern, because the low-energy X-rays used in these scanners deposit a significant fraction of their total dose in the skin,” he said. “In general, children are more sensitive than adults to radiation, and that’s true for the endpoint of radiation-related skin cancer too.”

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26 replies	Author	Time	Post
TSA Workers Ratify First Union Contract [View all]	Omaha Steve	Nov 2012	OP
K&R	BumRushDaShow	Nov 2012	#1
All that means is that they'll sing "Look for the Union label" while they cavity search you.	Fire Walk With Me	Nov 2012	#2
It means a lot more than that	Major Nikon	Nov 2012	#3
Um, they're the enemy, you know that, right? DHS, TSA, enemies of freedom and liberty.	Fire Walk With Me	Nov 2012	#4
How is that the fault of the employees themselves?	Major Nikon	Nov 2012	#5
I had a flatmate who was a TSA employee. I never discussed it with him.	Fire Walk With Me	Nov 2012	#10
Would you also blame Wal-Mart employees for corporate abuses?	Major Nikon	Nov 2012	#13
No; I strongly support the unionization of Walmart workers. I've marched in support myself.	Fire Walk With Me	Nov 2012	#16
You still haven't explained what this has to do with the workers	Major Nikon	Nov 2012	#17
I wish the economy were better so I could chide them all to take jobs with agencies uninterested in	Fire Walk With Me	Nov 2012	#18
I understand all you are saying	Major Nikon	Nov 2012	#19
I wouldn't consider them the enemy, per se. And accusing the DHS as the "enemy of freedom	Proles	Nov 2012	#8
I'm in Occupy and FOI requests reveal that DHS has been "watching" us since day 1,	Fire Walk With Me	Nov 2012	#11
I totally agree. IMO unions are what created the middle class and unions will bring them back.	Booster	Nov 2012	#6
This is GOOD	Hekate	Nov 2012	#7
Fuck the TSA and all who ride upon her. n/t	DeSwiss	Nov 2012	#9
I'm in this field and hadn't heard about it. Thanks Steve.	grantcart	Nov 2012	#12
Right on! Unionized jackbooted thuggery!	Earth_First	Nov 2012	#14
Makes about as much sense as calling a mall cop a jack booted thug	Major Nikon	Nov 2012	#15
First order of business ...	Wernothelpless	Nov 2012	#20
You might want to rethink that 2nd link	Major Nikon	Nov 2012	#21
My concern is TSA workers exposed to radiation and cancer ....	Wernothelpless	Nov 2012	#25
'concerned' folks who pander in right wing propaganda is nothing new around here	Major Nikon	Nov 2012	#26
Sorry, not a fan of the TSA whether they are union or not.	Arctic Dave	Nov 2012	#22
Excellent. The argument sounds like blaming veterans for the war thus withholding benefits .	libdem4life	Nov 2012	#23
Great analogy	Omaha Steve	Nov 2012	#24

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