European lawmakers object to full body scans at airports

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10-23-2008 @ 1:20PM

GotZenn said...

Why is nobody mentioning the significant health implications of this? Security is one thing, but subjecting everyone who wants to board a plane with cancer-causing, high-level radiation just for the sake of speedier lines, or a false sense of greater security? That's absolutely ridiculous, and should not be forced on anyone. At the very least, passengers should be allowed to opt-out and request a search by hand. This, coupled with the incredible invasion of privacy, should make these machines a no-brainer to not even bother with.

10-28-2008 @ 4:16AM

Vispilä said...

In fact the radiation dosage in majority of these equpments is not much more than the natural background radiation. One scan is equivalent to approx. 5 min exposure to natural radiation taking place everywhere.

People are getting higher exposures during the actual flight since the radiation levels are much higher in high altitudes than on the ground.

I do agree that people should have a choice, but using radiation exposure as an excuse is not valid in this case...

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