Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Cancer Surges In Body Scanner Operators; TSA Launches Cover-Up

FOIA documents reveal how “large number of workers have been falling victim to cancer, strokes and heart disease”
June 28, 2011
By Paul Joseph Watson

Fearful of provoking further public resistance to naked airport body scanners, the TSA has been caught covering up a surge in cases of TSA workers developing cancer as a result of their close proximity to radiation-firing devices, perhaps the most shocking revelation to emerge from the latest FOIA documents obtained by the Electronic Privacy Information Center.



After Union representatives in Boston discovered a “cancer cluster” amongst TSA workers linked with radiation from the body scanners, the TSA sought to downplay the matter and refused to issue employees with dosimeters to measure levels of exposure.

The documents indicate how, “A large number of workers have been falling victim to cancer, strokes and heart disease.”  Read More