X-rays in Scotch tape?

How safe does that sound?

The yahoo! news article dated wednesday, October 22nd seemed to have concluded that there's no harm in peeling X-ray emitting Scotch tape (apparently as it is more a Physics mechanism thing than manufacturing technique, it applies to ALL Scotch tape regardless of brand). BUT, there's No guarantee...

Go on, read the article.

I failed to be excited over what possible advancement they might come up with following this discovery. Even if like they say it only works in a vacuum and that given our everyday exposure to said matter taking place in open air environment, deeming it impossible for it to be detrimental to us, the word X-ray exposure (no matter how minute the amount) doesn't sound very good to me.

But, that said, when we absolutely NEED to use it, is there any other alternative to Scotch tape? Exactly... that's us with our dependency to technology.

So, that said, I cannot say I will never ever use it.

*sigh.....*