Ways to glow in the dark

Because of a regulatory Catch-22, the airport X-ray scanners have escaped the oversight required for X-ray machines used in doctors’ offices and hospitals. The reason is that the scanners do not have a medical purpose, so the FDA cannot subject them to the rigorous evaluation it applies to medical devices.

So I’ve got to make a “choice” between having my genitals groped or irradiated?

(via Michael Grabell)