Originally Posted by
Bart
Screeners don't wear dosimeters because it was determined that the total exposure is minimal. A doctor explained to me that you get exposed to more radiation walking across a parking lot on a sunny day than you do if you stick your head inside an airport x-ray machine (although he said this doesn't mean he advocates sticking your head inside of x-ray machines!)
Mind you, that's a trip across a parking lot (and I envision a Disney-sized lot, not the one at the local 7/11
) vs. an instant in the machine. If one were to spend the same amount of time in the x-ray machine that it would take to cross that lot, you'd be getting some really interesting dosages...