[ RadSafe ] interesting new question

[John R Johnson]

Dr Tsang.

Who says "You just don't irradiation citizens or human beings without their 
acceptance or knowledge."?

Do you mean "how", or "who"?

John
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dr. Francis Y. Tsang" <francistsang at cox.net>
To: "'The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics) MailingList'" 
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Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 9:49 AM
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] interesting new question


> Come on!  You must be kidding....
>
> Security Cameras produce almost no radiation.  These Vans produce x-ray
> radiation no matter how low the level.  You just don't irradiation 
> citizens
> or human beings without their acceptance or knowledge.  Period!
>
> Need to find out how is doing this!
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu
> [mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Ahmad Al-Ani
> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 12:11 AM
> To: radsafe at health.phys.iit.edu
> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] interesting new question
>
> As the doses are so low, what difference would it be from all those 
> security
> camera's in public areas?
>
> Anyone have access to licensing procedure for these devices? such as
> guidelines of operation, license application forms and requirements, etc.
>
> Ahmad
>
> On Tue, 26 Oct 2010 20:58 AST Stabin, Michael wrote:
>
>>
>>http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/10/19/x-ray-vans-security-measure-invas
> ion-privacy/?test=latestnews
>>
>>This particular application of radiation raises some interesting new
> questions in the justification-regulation-optimization philosophy of 
> health
> physics (I have always thought that optimization comes after regulation,
> although the ICRP lists them in the opposite order). Exposing unknowing
> persons to radiation (admittedly low level) to ostensibly prevent 
> terrorism,
> particularly when the exposed persons may not be citizens of the country
> doing the irradiatiing, is a new balancing of risks and benefits that has
> not been part of the normal equation until now. And the balance is 
> different
> if we are talking about daily screening of everything or particular
> screening of containers, naval vessels, etc., in the case of a specific,
> credible risk scenario. Fun stuff philosophically, frightening stuff
> practically.
>>
>>
>>Mike
>>
>>Michael G. Stabin, PhD, CHP
>>Associate Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences
>>Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences
>>Vanderbilt University
>>1161 21st Avenue South
>>Nashville, TN 37232-2675
>>Phone (615) 343-4628
>>Fax   (615) 322-3764
>>e-mail     michael.g.stabin at vanderbilt.edu
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