UCSF+Scientists+Question+Safety+of+TSA+Body+Scanners

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=UCSF Scientists Question Safety of TSA Body Scanners=

there have been medical concerns over the use of the full body scanners used by the TSA agents at the airpot. pessengers have privacy issues and other have been happy to joke about the "nude scanning devices." The X-rays used in the current full body scanners at airports have been cited by this group as "Compton-scattering off outer molecule bonding electrons." the beam that is used is called 28keV which is low beam energy, that energy is cited as safe. it is not focused on the skin.