Originally Posted by
TSORon
"WASHINGTON, DC - A new report by an independent task force commissioned by the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), has found that people absorb less radiation from airport X-ray backscatter scanner than they do while standing in line waiting for the scan itself."
More at the link below:
http://www.eturbonews.com/35763/radi...much-do-we-get
If we get rid of the TSA and its strip search machines, there would be less standing in line -- that means people would absorb less radiation while standing in line waiting to be cleared to go airside.