I just read an article called “The Whole-Body Scanners – Are They Safe?” that concludes:
We should understand that claims of safety made by FDA and TSA are not based on any kind of empirical evidence – we will not have this evidence without clinical trials taking decades; the basis for their assurances is opinions of their “experts.” We have shown above that these opinions are not grounded in science, and are merely the result of mechanical and scientifically invalid application of safety data from other frequency ranges – despite the obvious differences in biological effects.
We should demand removal of these machines before the actual trials establishing their safety empirically are done, and before the details of construction of the specific models are made public and available for independent review. There are sufficient grounds to challenge the validity of the theoretical numbers used as a basis of claims that these machines are safe. The valid trials cannot be completed in less than 10 years – simply because it takes that long for cancers to appear following the exposure.
Meanwhile, travelers would be well advised to stay clear of the whole-body scanners.
