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Friday, 05/25/2012 4:17:15 AM

Friday, May 25, 2012 4:17:15 AM

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Fear that airport scanners are unsafe becomes news without knowledge once again. Kind of old but still out there.
http://www.helium.com/items/2037343-tsa-terahertz-scanners-tear-apart-human-dna
THz radiation unzips the DNA molecule
In a breakthrough study conducted by Dr. Boian Alexandrov at the Center for Nonlinear Studies at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico and a team of physicists, they discovered terrifying evidence that exposure to THz radiation builds cumulatively and affects human and animal tissue DNA. In essence, it tends to unzip the DNA molecule.

This would be worth looking into to know precisely the impact to DNA for long term effects. This is out of a report done 2004. There is a nice visual of the Electromagnetic Spectum on page 5
http://science.energy.gov/~/media/bes/pdf/reports/files/thz_rpt.pdf

Although THz radiation is non-ionizing, safety considerations for both medical imaging
and users should be investigated. No specific guidelines exist for THz radiation.
European studies have shown that THz radiation has no effect on cell growth or
differentiation. However, tissue damage thresholds, and potential impact on biologic
systems are not known. These issues should be addressed for both the imaging
applications and for investigators who may be exposed to THz radiation.

Well here is the answer in 2010 and guess from where it comes?
Short summary: “like being worried about the effects of sunlight on your brain tissue”
http://terahertztechnology.blogspot.com/2010/12/dr-mittleman-at-rice-university.html

Terahertz technology plays a significant role with Quantum Dots. Good to know the sky isn’t falling as some will profess!

Another day closer,
Bill
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