Friday, December 28, 2012

ProPublica's Update on XRay Scanners at Airports


The Inactivation of the Body Scanners by Michael Grabell ProPublica, Dec. 28, 2012, http://www.propublica.org/article/the-inactivation-of-the-body-scanners

[Excerpted] The use of radiation by security agencies, especially at airport checkpoints, was the subject of a ProPublica series in late 2011 and early 2012.

The investigation found that the Transportation Security Administration had glossed over the small cancer risk posed by even low doses of radiation. The stories also showed that the United States was almost alone in the world in X-raying passengers and that the Food and Drug Administration had gone against its own advisory panel, which recommended the agency set a federal safety standard for security X-rays. In addition, ProPublica reported that, outside airports, other security agencies are exposing people to radiation in more settings and in increasing doses.

Now, many of the TSA's 250 X-ray body scanners worth about $14 million are sitting in a Texas warehouse after being removed from most of the biggest U.S. airports, including Los Angeles, Chicago O'Hare, New York's John F. Kennedy, Boston Logan, Charlotte Douglas and Orlando.....

READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE here  http://www.propublica.org/article/the-inactivation-of-the-body-scanners

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