EU Bans airport X-Ray machines over cancer fears.

"Backscatter" X-ray machines, which bombard your body with radiation at the airport, are a subject of controversy in the US. Not in Europe, Mother Jones reports—the machines are now banned throughout the entire EU over cancer risks.

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Well IMO this is a good thing, not only for the increase in cancer risk, but also the invasion of privacy. Will the US follow suit???

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I do agree with you mostly, however i wonder what else they have up their sleeve for joe public, i mean most of us here know they are the terrorists and there is nothing to fear, but in the "normal" world, they do not, i am sure they have more complex stuff just around the corner out of sight.

The EU banning something that is bad for us??!?

I think what they really mean is that they will remove the old scanners and import newer stealth machines which perform the same job (with the same, possibly higher, risks) - but completely unknown to the public and hidden into walls/surroundings

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Will the US follow suit???

Hell no! Since when does the US do anything other than what it or Israel wants? NEVER...

The US is just going to keep going on its self destructive, schizophrenic paranoid, psychopathic path until it doesn't exist anymore...

plain and simple...

What will Aunt Janet do now?? Her big brainstorm for a techno-gadget to solve every aspect of Airport security is being challenged. Uh Oh....She must be having a real tantrum somewhere upon hearing Europe isn't dancing to her and the FAA's tune on this anymore.

It's about time some major area of the world pushes BACK on the U.S. need...no, DEMAND..that every Airport on Planet Earth become a police state and daunting experience to get through just because U.S. Security negligently missed 19 terrorists in one attack which has neither been repeated or likely to ever be.

Go Europe! I may not like 'em on much...but in THIS case, I LOVE them.

Don't get me wrong. I am all for having a good security presence at airports. I just think, along with a lot of other people that there are equally effective ways to achieve this security without these machines.