Re: x-ray scanners

[Christian Schoenhofer <schoenho@via.at>]

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> Von: Mike Malaxos <rss@arach.net.au>
> An: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
> Betreff: x-ray scanners
> Datum: Sonntag, 28. September 1997 05:24
> 
> Would some Radsafers out there care to comment on the following.
> 
> I am very interested in the Health Physics Community comments re the
> routine scanning of persons for diamond or other theft detection
> (administering a
> free air dose at the skin entrance position of around 15 microgray per
scan
> at 300
> scans per year).  The ethics of this practice may be of prime importance.
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The Austrian Radiation Protection Law clearly states, that persons may not
be exposed to ionising radiation except for medical (beneficial) reasons. 

There was once a case, where a health insurance company subjected persons
to X-rays in order to verify whether repair of teeth had been done
correctly. This was stopped almost immediately by the authorities.

Franz