Airport body-scan radiation



ORIGINAL POST
Posted by Ed 15 yrs ago
They're arriving at airports across the country. Some complain they are invasive and an assault on our privacy. But are body scanners at security checkpoints dangerous?


Some scientists and two major airline pilots unions contend not enough is known about the effects of the small doses of X-ray radiation emitted by one of the two types of airport scanning machines.


More http://edition.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/11/12/body.scanning.radiation/index.html?hpt=Sbin




How do you feel about being subjected to such scans?

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COMMENTS
rasbro 15 yrs ago
you always have the option of being groped by a TSA agent instead.

another reason not to travel in or to the US.

senseless and stupid.

none of the measure taken since 9/11 make me feel any safer.

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Syed_Scorpio 15 yrs ago
those measures were not taken to make you feel any safer, they were taken to have more control over you in name of security and they have been pretty successful.


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