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Radiation risk for air travelers, in the name of security?

.It’s unclear how much radiation this would subject people to..

Full Body Scans Only Way To Stop Flight 253-Type Attempts: Expert  Huliq News by Michael Santo 29 Dec 09 As the world continues to reel in the aftermath of the flight 253 incident, in which Nigerian national Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, attempted to set off PETN explosive on a Northwest Airlines flight (Delta Airlines is NWA’s parent company), a security expert says there is an answer. The backscatter machine, which provides a full body scan, could have prevented the incident, but at the cost of privacy for many……………It’s unclear how much radiation this would subject people to, however, and the potential for harm from that, for frequent travelers. There is still a loophole, however, as the backscatter machine would not detect anything hidden in a body cavity. Unfortunately, a full body X-ray would subject passengers to too much radiation, and cost millions more to implement (a backscatter machine would only cost $200,000, Laird said).

Full Body Scans Only Way To Stop Flight 253-Type Attempts: Expert | HULIQ

December 27, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, safety | antinuclear, nuclear, radiation, radioactive