Cancer Risks Debated for X-Ray Body Scanners
January 10th, 2010Via: New York Times:
The plan for broad use of X-ray body scanners to detect bombs or weapons under airline passengers’ clothes has rekindled a debate about the safety of delivering small doses of radiation to millions of people — a process some experts say is certain to result in a few additional cancer deaths.
The plan for broad use of X-ray body scanners to detect bombs or weapons under airline passengers’ clothes has rekindled a debate about the safety of delivering small doses of radiation to millions of people — a process some experts say is certain to result in a few additional cancer deaths.
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That’s an interesting trade-off. How many terrorist plots have to be foiled by irradiating scanners in order to have a negative net (ie: beneficial) effect on the death rate?
@bloodnok: exactly. But the good news is, now matter how many people we kill — by xrays, drones, white phosporus, you name it — we’re STILL not as bad as those evil terrorists. LOL!