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Wednesday – November 24, 2010
From the Electronic Privacy Information Center
Today is the day that ordinary citizens stand up for their rights, stand up for liberty, and protest the federal government’s desire to virtually strip us naked or submit to an “enhanced pat down” that touches people’s breasts and genitals. You should never have to explain to your children, “Remember that no stranger can touch or see your private area, unless it’s a government employee, then it’s OK.”
Goals and Objectives
The goal of National Opt-Out Day is to send a message to our lawmakers that we demand change. No naked body scanners, no government-approved groping. We have a right to privacy and buying a plane ticket should not mean that we’re guilty until proven innocent. This day is needed because many people do not understand what they consent to when choosing to fly.
The Details
Here are the details:
Who?
You, your family and friends traveling by air on Wednesday, November 24th 2010
What?
National Opt-Out Day. While the government doesn’t always like to advertise this, you have the ability to opt-out of the naked body scanner machines (AIT, or Advanced Imaging Technology, as the government calls it). All you have to do is say “I opt out” when they tell you to go through one of the machines. You will then be given a pat down.
Where?
At an air-port near you.
When?
Wednesday, November 24, 2010. That’s right: November 24 – one of the busiest travel days of the year! We want families to sit around the dinner table, eating turkey, talking about how a government employee molested them at the airport. We hope the outrageous experience then propels people to write their Member of Congress and the airlines to demand change.
Why?
We are sick of “security-theater.” These naked body scanners do not make us a more secure nation. In fact, the scanners, which use radiation, may not even be safe for our long-term health. The government should not have the ability to virtually strip search anyone it wants. Why should a government employee get to see a naked scan of a passenger, and do who knows what in the back room while viewing that image? We have already heard stories of TSA officials laughing at small genitals and making certain women go through the machines or taking off extra clothes, reducing them to tears. This is absolutely sick behavior. If you don’t like it and don’t want to be virtually strip searched, then too bad says the government. To try and make everyone comply with the naked body scanners, the government has made the alternative worse! With their enhanced pat downs, TSA now touches the genitals and private areas of men, women and children with the front of the hand! We do not believe the government has a right to see you naked or feel you up just because you bought an airline ticket. There are better, less invasive security measures that can be taken.
How?
By saying “I opt out” when told to go through the bodying imaging machines and submitting to a pat down. Also, be sure to have your pat down by TSA in full public – do not go to the back room when asked. Every citizen must see for themselves how the government treats law-abiding citizens.
More info:
- follow us on twitter: http://twitter.com/nationaloptout
- now on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/optoutday
- *a special thanks to http://www.wewontfly.com for the FB page*
For more information on these machines and to read stories of what happens when you use the naked body scanners or opt out, please visit:
- http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/travel-safety-security-222/
- http://www.dontscan.me/
- http://www.thousandsstandingaround.org/
Assessment
To file an incident report, use the Electronic Privacy Information Center’s site: http://www.optoutday.com/
Editor’s Note: The ME-P staff, and our team of medical and nursing professionals, believe that there is no safe threshold for ionizing radiation; including flat plate medical and dental X-rays, CT scans and AIT, etc. The epidemic of diagnostic radiation pollution must stop!
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On Full Body Airport Scans
In my first radiology course at Johns Hopkins University [JHU] in Baltimore Maryland, almost 40 years ago, we learned that there is no safe threshold for ionizing radiation; the opinion of Janet Napolitano JD – Director of Homeland Security – not withstanding.
Dr. David Edward Marcinko FACFAS, MBA, CMP™
[Former – Certified Physician in Healthcare Quality]
ME-P Editor-in-Chief
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Dr. Marcinko
I agree with you. Of course, let TSA touch my junk all they want; but no radiation exposure for me.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40351426/ns/travel
Thanks for some sanity on this issue.
Beverly RN
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We Won’t Fly
http://www.wewontfly.com
Beverly – You are no doubt aware that backscatter X-ray uses ionizing radiation, a known cumulative health hazard, to produce images of passengers’ bodies.
Children, pregnant women, the elderly, and those with defective DNA repair mechanisms are considered to be especially susceptible to the type of DNA damage caused by ionizing radiation.
Also at high risk are those who have had, or currently have, skin cancer. Ionizing radiation’s effects are cumulative, meaning that each time you are exposed you are adding to your risk of developing cancer. Since the dosage of radiation from the backscatter X-ray machines is absorbed almost entirely by the skin and tissue directly under the skin, averaging the dose over the whole body gives an inaccurate picture of the actual harm.
In a letter of concern, medical colleagues at UCSF noted that “the dose to the skin could be dangerously high”. The eyes are particularly susceptible to the effects of radiation, and as one study found allowing the eyes to be exposed to radiation can lead to an increased incidence of cataracts.
http://news.ucsf.edu/news-briefs/details/ucsf-scientists-speak-out-against-airport-full-body-scans/
Ann Miller RN, MHA
[Managing Editor]
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Dr. Marcinko, Ann and Beverly
Does the radiation risk from flying trump whole-body scanners?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40362683/ns/health-health_care
This new report argues that airplane personal should be classified as ‘radiation workers’ with dosimetry badges, etc. What do you think?
Chester
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Dental X-Ray Danger?
Don’t foget medical x-rays, too.
Mary
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