[ RadSafe ] Airport Body Scanners

[Richard Smart]

The Australian regulator has a useful fact page on this subject at 
http://www.arpansa.gov.au/radiationprotection/factsheets/is_AirportScreening.cfm

Regards
Richard Smart
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed Hiserodt" <hise at sbcglobal.net>
To: <radsafe at health.phys.iit.edu>
Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 3:36 AM
Subject: [ RadSafe ] Airport Body Scanners


>I recently received this email from a friend who thinks that I know
> something about radiation since I wrote a book on the beneficial effects 
> of
> LLR.  Hey, when did writing on a subject and having any knowledge of it
> become synonymous?   (Remember Al Gore?)  Anyway here is his question. 
> Any
> comments on it would be appreciated.
>
>
>
> "Regarding the virtual strip-search machines that will be appearing at
> airports across the country, how much radiation do they actually release 
> and
> how does this compare to the radiation we are normally exposed to anyway?
> How dangerous are these machines, if at all, for someone who does a lot of
> flying?  I understand that there are two technologies the TSA uses to peer
> through clothing:
>
>
>
> "One uses millimeter waves - does this involve any radiation; is it
> completely safe?
>
>
>
> "The other is the backscatter X-ray."
>
>
>
> Ed Hiserodt
>
> Maumelle, AR
>
> 501 258 2571
>
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