Full body airport scanners and radiation
Saturday, March 20, 2010 at 16:43 According to the Unversity of California, Berkeley Wellness Letter (April 2010 issue) the radiation dose you are likely to receive while going through these new, high tech, security scanners is about the equivilant to flying for two minutes in a commercial jet at 30,000 ft.
According to Mr. Maven, who spent a considerable career at 30,000 ft and higher as a commercial airline captain, this isn’t a big deal. If folks aren’t concerned about the radiation at altitude, why be concerned while walking through the machine at the airport?
According to the American College of Radiology, you would have to walk through nearly 1,000 airport scans to get the same dose of radiation as you would from one chest x-ray.
It doesn’t sound to maven like this is anything to be concerned about, but I’m sure some people will be since it is so obviously the slippery slope to the rampant socialism envisioned by Obama, Reid and Pelosi.
Snort.