[ RadSafe ] ACR statement on airport full-body scanners and radiation

[ROY HERREN]

Mark,

    Thank you for the link to the ACR.  I was looking around their website and I came across the following article about Marie Curie:


http://www.acr.org/HomePageCategories/News/HealthcareNews/WhenMadameCurieWenttoWar.aspx 
 
    What an amazing woman!
 
Roy Herren




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From: "Miller, Mark L" <mmiller at sandia.gov>
To: "RADSAFE (radsafe at radlab.nl)" <radsafe at radlab.nl>
Sent: Fri, January 8, 2010 7:44:29 AM
Subject: [ RadSafe ] ACR statement on airport full-body scanners and radiation

ACR statement on airport full-body scanners and radiation

Amid concerns regarding terrorists targeting airliners using weapons less detectable by traditional means, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is ramping up deployment of whole body scanners at security checkpoints in U.S. airports. These systems produce anatomically accurate images of the body and can detect objects and substances concealed by clothing.

To date, TSA has deployed two types of scanning system.

http://www.acr.org/HomePageCategories/News/ACRNewsCenter/StatementonAirportFullbodyScanners.aspx


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