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In response to "You can and are allowed to ask to not use the backscatter scanners. That'll get you the by-hand check." by TWuG

I hate the idea of them...

Posted by Mel Profit (aka Mel Profit) May 30 '13, 09:53

They're not regulate like other devices because their purpose is security, not medical so they're able to skirt by with different regulations.

Most of the science that I read is flimsy, some people say you get 10times the radiation. The Europeans don't use them although the Brits tried last year I believe...not sure of the outcome on that.

Chertoff is now a consultant for the maker of these devices.

In this current security climate if there wasn't something to the science suggesting the danger do you think they'd quietly be defunded and pulled like they are?

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Uh. - Beryllium May 30, 09:54 2
- I'm cynical enough to think that if people are making gobs of money they'd fight it more unless... - Mel Profit May 30, 09:56 1
  - There are two types of machines. One is x-ray, one is millimeter wave. The x-rays are being pulled, - TWuG May 30, 10:03

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