Full-Body Scanners to Fry Travelers With Radiation

If the alternative is strip search for everyone, I'd take my chances with the scan.

 

I can assure you that no one will be fried by these devices.



It will be more like being microwaved...

 

The article is a lot of un-informed hype... just scare tactics for the sheep.

I've been involved with cardiology scanning for more than 20 years in the areas of cardiac catheterization (fluoroscopy) and nuclear scanning (SPECT).
It's considered to be a field where a medical workers exposure to radiation is highest.
We have to be vigilant to monitor and limit our exposure levels.

That being said, the full-body-scanners present a low-level, non-penetrating form of x-ray that performs a task without excessive exposure.
The exposure levels are comparable to five minutes in the sun -think of that next time you go to the beach.
But there is a difference, both whole-body scanners and background radiation expose a large body surface area to low-level radiation.
The difference being that background radiation has slightly higher x-ray energy level and penetrates deeper into the body.

Manufacturers say that frequent flyers can have 500 scans/year before levels of radiation become a concern. That's a whole lot of flying.

Rob

 

The level of radiation in the scanners is no more than what the average person gets each day in normal life.

People are actually more concerned about the privacy issue.

 

I'll be concerned when they start setting them up at state lines. I drive everywhere that I can.

 

Since I don't travel, I won't have to worry about it--even if I was one to worry.

 

Which is?.........

 

Radiation is our friend. Just ask the Japanese.

 

Who cares about the machines. We should all be glad they aren't tatooing us like cattle and making us walk through the terminals naked. Yet. For national security of course.

Forget about modesty folks, just form the parade line over there, single file if you please and walk slowly through this dark opening to the plane and be seated in your assigned comfort cell for the duration of your flight. Sorry for any inconvenience and thank you for all your cooperation from The Establishment.

And of course we'd agree to all this too because the kind hearted central planners are experts and know just what to do to keep us all safe.

Say Cheeze! Your full naked body scan is now underway. Don't worry, no one will ever see this on You Tube or America's Funniest Videos!

We Promise! Trust Us!

 

Less than that. The level of radiation in the scanners is less than that in a room lit by incandescent light bulbs. You will be exposed to more radiation in the walk from your car to the security line than you will in one of these scanners.

As a seasoned business traveller, I can tell you that there's no such thing as privacy if you're willing to get on an airplane. I have no problems whatsoever with these scanners. I'll be the first to go through them if it makes everyone else safer.

 

Are you asking why it violates privacy? It's because it shows your body under the clothes.

There was a big article on this in Today's Washington Post. They have photos. They said the person's face would be blurred and that the scanner would not be at the checkpoint. He/she would be elsewhere and communicate with a TSA person at the checkpoint. The photos would be erased and deleted.

 

I would expect a man to feel that way. Women feel a little more concerned about it.

 

I meant to both questions.
I agree with what you said though.:thumbsup:

 

Doesn't everything?

I also heard that spending too much time reading the bilge on prison planet will fry your brain or turn you into a paranoid schizo.

 

Then women shouldn't fly. Whether you're a man or a woman, there's no such thing as privacy when flying.