Further reports linking X-ray airport scanners with increased chances of cancer are comforting. Yes it is true that up to 100 Americans and unknown numbers of non-Americans may die each year due to the dose of radiation delivered in the name of detecting explosives and hidden weapons, but on the plus side, these scanners will eventually strike at the terrorists, and decades later a proportion of them will succumb to cancer. We just have to try to forget that the scanners are statistically as dangerous as the terrorists (read more here).
And instead of an X-ray we can opt for a body pat-down in which the only health-hazard is embarrassmentitis.
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