Airport body scanners raise radiation questions 
August 3, 2010
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In about two years, if all goes according to the plans of the Transportation Security Administration, those vintage airport magnetometer metal detectors will be replaced by electronic body scanner machines at all 2,200 security checkpoints in all 450 commercial airports in the US. But the TSA has rushed to purchase these machines without adequately assessing the risk of repeated exposures. Read more in the New York Times.

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