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Old Nov 16, 2011 | 7:52 pm
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Originally Posted by Brewfangrb
The MMW machines don't have the ionizing radiation issues that backscatter does, so why aren't they just installing those, heading off the "health issues" part at the pass and then addressing the privacy issues w/ the cartoon image?
My theory is that Backscatter is capable of full body cavity searches while MMW is not.


Also, FWIW, I'm not aware of any peer-reviewed work that proves MMW is harmless.
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