TomW2 wrote: X-rays make photographic negatives by fogging the film. There certainly wasn't a giant piece of film somewhere getting fogged. Maybe there was and the extra day it took to get to the USA was the time it took the film to be developed and checked. It was more likely something like the luggage scanner used at the airport. But since I know nothing about how they work I wouldn't even bet on that.
Coming from Canada to the USA a few years ago we had our MH xrayed and they wouldn't let us get out claiming that they use a low dosage and they asked us to stay low in the RV and not stand up as the machine would penetrate only about 3 feet down inside the RV. I was there and I still don't believe it.
It is an xray even though they don't print it out on film. I for one believe the OP and the story. My guess is that they had it cranked up way too high.
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Ed White wrote: This morning I received the following unbelievable email from a friend.
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I think you hit the nail right on the head. The key word in this entire fairy tale is "UNBELIEVEABLE".
Murray,
Did you read the entire thread? Two of the poster's are friends with Eddie and Don Tunney. Both have contacted the Tunney's and have received confirmations of the email.
Ed White wrote: This morning I received the following unbelievable email from a friend.
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I think you hit the nail right on the head. The key word in this entire fairy tale is "UNBELIEVEABLE".
Murray,
Did you read the entire thread? Two of the poster's are friends with Eddie and Don Tunney. Both have contacted the Tunney's and have received confirmations of the email.
Tom
Of course I read the entire thread. Did you read the nonsense about being able to feel the start of a tumor within 2 days after going through the scanning device, which has grown to be larger than his fist within a matter of a few weeks?
I am not disputing they sent the email, nor am I suggesting there was not a scanning device, but the entire description of how the tumors etc developed immediately afterwards sounds like a complete fabrication.
I also get my 'scam alert' detectors in high gear when someone sends out a message like this and tries to convince you it is totally true by describing themself as "one of the best qualified persons on earth".
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I did a Google search on "Don Tunney" and came up with many hits. There is a Donald L. Tunney involved in the promotion of a Radio Frequency device that "treats" many diseases, including cancer tumors with different frequencies.
crandle wrote: I did a Google search on "Don Tunney" and came up with many hits. There is a Donald L. Tunney involved in the promotion of a Radio Frequency device that "treats" many diseases, including cancer tumors with different frequencies.
I did the same thing (Googled Donald Tunney). What a coincidence that he heads up a company that manufactures and markets a device that cures cancer with "a radio-like machine that emits plasma waves that resonate and destroy cancer cells." More reading. Note the comments by the Canadian Cancer Society: "Christine Spinder, the Canadian Cancer Society's British Columbia spokeswoman, said there is no proof suggesting the machine might work.
"There's been so little validity of its effectiveness that we don't even carry files on it,"" she said.
Will anyone be surprised when he suddenly recovers fully and attributes his miraculous cure to this "black box"?
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I found a picture of the unit that was used vhere by my house to x-ray vehicles. I will correct my original post as I said it was a military checkpoint. It was setup by the AFI (Agencia Federal de Investigación). Here is a link to the manufacturers FAQ which answers questions about effects of radiation Mobile VACIS
The photo comes from Notimex
These 6 points, taken from the refrence Chris provided, tells me that the OP was a setup, to be used for ulterior motives and was not truthful.
1)A VACIS system scan is equal to the amount of radiation a passenger in an airplane flying at 30,000 ft. (about 10,000 m) receives in one minute.
2)A typical dental x-ray produces about 6 mrem (0.06 mSv), which is 300 times more than the dose imparted by a VACIS system scan.
3)A typical lung x-ray produces about 15 mrem (0.15 mSv), which is 750 times more than the dose imparted by a VACIS system scan.
4)A typical lower intestinal x-ray produces about 400 mrem (or 4 mSv), which is 20,000 times more than the dose imparted by a VACIS system scan.
5)Even consuming three bananas, which are mildly radioactive due to the Potassium-40 they contain, would impart nearly as much radiation (about 0.018 mrem, or 0.00018 mSv) to a person as would a VACIS system scan.
6)In order for the radiation dose given to an inadvertently scanned stowaway to reach the annual radiation exposure limit of 100 mrem (1 mSv) set by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, he or she would have to be scanned 5,000 times by a VACIS system.
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