Analysis suggests cancer risk of backscatter airport scanners is low

Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 11:02 in Health & Medicine

Calculations by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco and the University of California, Berkeley estimate that the cancer risk associated with one type of airport security scanners is low based on the amount of radiation these devices emit, as long as they are operated and function correctly...

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