Originally Posted by Spiff
"Each 3 second scan exposes a person to 3 microRem of radiation. This level compares with the 10 to 20 microRem per hour that a person receives from naturally occurring background radiation..."
Let's do the math, shall we?
Using the numbers provided in the previous post:
There are 3600 seconds in an hour. This device would cause an exposure of 3600 microRem in 1 hour's time, which is 180-360 times the normal background radiation!
That is simply
not acceptable! There is no safe dosage of radiation! Exposing people to these amounts to search for non-credible weapons (ceramic knives) when non-invasive and non-carcinogenic options of searching for real weapons exist (guns and bombs via the WTMD and chemical detectors) is insane.
?? But you are not standing in the machine for one hour only 3 seconds so you logic doesn't make sense to me. If you are worried about any dose of radiation then I am surprised you are willing to fly. A flight from NY to LA will give you 3000 microRem and this is actual exposure, So 3 second in the X-Ray is .1% of what you will actually be getting on the flight.