Originally Posted by
LarryJ
The radiation exposure is comparable to what you recieve in two minutes of flying at 30,000'. If that's too much radiation then the child shouldn't be allowed on the airplane where they will receive a much higher dose.
The dosage counts are speculation - the only viable source for this information is Sandia Nat'l Labs, which is certainly not going to be a trustworthy unbiased source of information for something like this.
Use the backscatter if you want. More power to you. I certainly won't be going anywhere near it.