Originally Posted by RadioGirl

Do you have a cite for this?

I'm sure there are insulin pump manufacturers and doctors who "out of an abundance of caution" tell patients not to use the MMW. I'm (very) sure there are insulin pump users who have been embarrassed if the insulin pump caused an anomaly on a scan. I'm sure there are people with insulin pumps who use them as an excuse to opt out of the scanner (which is fine with me).

But if there is evidence of insulin pumps actually being damaged by the MMW, I'd really like to know. My analysis, as many here know, is that the power level from the MMW scanner as evaluated at the surface of the human body is substantially less than that from a cell phone or WiFi access point, but otherwise of a similar nature. (Even accounting for the fact that the MMW scanner is "aimed right at you" and "close to the body" and "in a confined space" and all the other operational factors that people cite.) That is, if a MMW scan can physically damage an insulin pump, so much more could using a cell phone or going into a Starbucks with WiFi.

I'm genuinely curious about reports of this.