Re: Airport X-ray Security Scanner

[Sarah_Hayes@student.uml.edu (Sarah Hayes)]

OFFTOWY@aol.com wrote:

> Why do we have to ceaselessly flagellate ourselves about the so-called
> "collective dose" effects associated with energy and weapons production and
> remediation and associated releases, but focus only on negligible individual
> doses associated with government searches and medical procedures?  Isn't the
> potential collective dose associated with activity pretty large?
>
> Lew LaGarde

I would have to disagree with you.  Medical procedures contribute significantly
to an individual's annual dose.  No matter what type of procedure, you're
looking at a dose of  about 50 mrem.  That's not "negligible" in my book.

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