Did you know you can get cancer from flying?

Did Big Sis get caught lying to the American people about the safety of the X-Ray machines in US airports? What are the odds that these machines get tossed out? What are the odds that Big Sis, otherwise known as Homeland Security head Janet Napolitano will be eating her words? What are the odds of a class action suit, or a lawsuit from some cancer patient claiming those damn X-Ray machines gave him cancer?

In an article published in USA Today, Big Sis comments about the X-ray scanners, “They have been independently evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, who have all affirmed their safety.” I should hope the NIST and FDA support the federal government, considering they are part of it.

But what is troubling to Americans is what other scientists and experts are saying, including a Dr. Michael Love who runs an X-ray lab at the department of biophysics and biophysical chemistry at the Johns Hopkins school of medicine. Didn’t she Big Sis say John Hopkins had affirmed their safety? Turns out that’s not exactly true. Scientist have been claiming the X-rays could pose a risk to everyone from travelers over the age of 65 to pregnant women and their unborn babies, to HIV-positive travelers, cancer patients and men. It gets worse, according to Love in what he told AFP,

“Men’s sexual organs are exposed to the X-rays. The skin is very thin there,”.

So now every time we fly our balls are in danger? That’s great. As if there’s not enough out there that we have to protect our family jewels from now you can’t even jump on a plane in the U.S. without putting the health of your ‘Johnson’ at risk. Thanks a lot Big Sis. As industry professionals going here and there to conferences and industry events, some of us may be at risk.

Well, there’s a reason to avoid a layover in the States, and if you do end up there, you might be better off just asking for the latex glove, you’ll definitely live longer, though you may walk a little funny for a couple hours.

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