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More airport radiation scanners for USA

TSA may buy more controversial scanners, Sun Sentinel, May 08, 2012|By Ken Kaye, Despite the controversy over whether they pose a health risk, the Transportation Security Administration says it may purchase even more airport scanners that emit radiation to check passengers.

TSA spokesman Jonathan Allen said in coming months the agency plans to test software that would allow radiation-emitting scanners, known as backscatter units, to generate generic body images. Currently, these units generate naked images that resemble chalk etchings of passengers.

“When that software meets TSA’s standards and is successfully tested in an airport environment, TSA could purchase and deploy additional backscatter units,” he said…..
http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2012-05-08/news/fl-tsa-radiation-scanners-20120508_1_airport-scanners-backscatter-tsa-administrator-john-pistole

May 11, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general