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Re:Chance of Dying From Backscatter Radiation Same as Chance... by roc on Thursday November 18, 2010 @04:33PM (#1919350)
According to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, there were 617,977,711 passengers on domestic flights in 2009 [1].

At the (incredibly optimistic) risk rate of 1 in 30 million, that's about 20 people given cancer, each year, if this policy goes forward and these devices become standard procedure.

[1] http://www.transtats.bts.gov/Data_Elements.aspx?Data=1

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Re:Chance of Dying From Backscatter Radiation Same as Chance... by drawkbox on Thursday November 18, 2010 @04:47PM (#1919397)
The TSA kills 20 people per year. Keep the hysteria simple.

Are you willing to kill 20 people per year to keep safe?

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Re:Chance of Dying From Backscatter Radiation Same as Chance... by KiwiNige on Thursday November 18, 2010 @05:22PM (#1919528)
It's the TSA agents standing by the machines all day that are first in the fireing line.

I wonder how long the cancers will take to start showing up.

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Re:Chance of Dying From Backscatter Radiation Same as Chance... by OneWhoFrogs on Thursday November 18, 2010 @04:59PM (#1919439)
> Are you willing to kill 20 people per year to keep safe?

Unfortunately, the answer for most is yes. That's more or less the definition of war.

Edit: Yikes! I'm really getting downvoted here, but no one's saying why. I didn't say I agreed with it! I just said that most people would probably say yes.

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Re:Chance of Dying From Backscatter Radiation Same as Chance... by msquared on Thursday November 18, 2010 @05:50PM (#1919632)
Uhh, wouldn't these things not have even caught the underwear bomber? Soo.. would you kill 20 people a year for the false sense of security and safety? If so.. well.. you're a douche nozzle, no offense.
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