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Re: Exposure from flight

To: Gary and Kris Troyer <kandg@urx.com>
Subject: Re: Exposure from flight
From: BERNARD L COHEN <blc+@PITT.EDU>
Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 10:47:09 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: Jim Darrough <darrough@engr.orst.edu>, radsafe <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>, randall_f_brich@RL.GOV
In-reply-to: <5.1.0.14.1.20020520201232.00a97540@pop3.norton.antivirus>
Reply-To: BERNARD L COHEN <blc+@PITT.EDU>
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On Mon, 20 May 2002, Gary and Kris Troyer wrote:

> airport screening and not in carry-on?  If so, is it really true that the

> metal detectors that one walks through at airports are using x-rays?  There

> doesn't seem to be very much shielding to protect operators if that is

so

	--Metal detectors are ordinarily based on electromagnetic

properties of metals, and do not use X-rays.

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References:
- Re: Exposure from flight
  - From: Gary and Kris Troyer <kandg@urx.com>

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