Ned Levi examines why travelers should consider the purchase of a headset for their cellphone, including to mitigate health risks, problems of using cellphones while driving, and to permit the use of cellphones for entertainment and touring when the use of cellphones could unfairly disturb others.
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Here is an airline’s measured explanation to their workers about what is happening in Japan. Plus, the morning news in Chicago with news about radiation scanning at O’Hare.
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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is under unusual pressure concerning their operation of whole body scanners (advanced imaging devices, in TSA-speak). Members of Congress are demanding that TSA release their records regarding the radiation safety of scanners and the scientists behind development of MRI machines released a report that current airport scanners don’t work.
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Over the past year and certainly over the last few months, fears about the effects of radiation on passengers passing through whole-body scanners have been splashed across newspaper headlines. The bottom line from researchers: Its OK. It would take something like 1,000 screenings per individual per year to exceed radiation standards. We are safe! Radiation won’t kill us. But, what about all of those TSA screeners?
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With so many conflicting reports about “full body scanners,” what they can and can’t do, privacy issues, and their safety, Ned Levi has developed a comprehensive analysis about them. Ned looks at these devices, concentrating on their efficacy, privacy, safety, and bang for the taxpayers buck.
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