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
Fabulous. X years after they were introduced they can be said to be safe.
Now, how many years more before we get the reason about why these types of scanners are needed? And how many years after that before TSA can show they are effective in fulfilling that (currently undemonstrated) need?
Personally, I always thought an organization was supposed to show all three things
before they did X or Y. Silly me.