The United States Government has, since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, progressively ramped up security measures at borders and airports across the nation. Some 250 “high-powered, ultra-revealing and potentially dangerous backscatter x-ray machines,” have been implemented at stations that scan the human body, and it has perked the ears of more than a few private-sector experts. 
The testing for these “safe” machines is done by in-house and government professionals – who perhaps are not the most impartial of people. Dr. Russell Blaylock, M.D., a board certified neurosurgeon, with reference to several other medical doctors, states that in order to fully prove these machines safety, they must be subject to a panel of third-party experts – something that the government has no intention of doing. In letters written by experts, it is said that “[the radiation] would be safe if it were distributed throughout the volume of the entire body, [but] the dose to the skin may be dangerously high.”
The greatest issue in regards to ethics that comes out of this story is that in some cases, according to allgov.com, “[the government is] sometimes using them on people without their knowledge or consent.” When it comes to potentially harming innocent people without their approval, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has crossed a serious line, especially for a government business.
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