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by cyphar 2878 days ago
> Again though it's not a question of full body does as this is highly concentrated radiation exposure onto high risk tissues.

I think you're missing my point on full-body scanners. As far as I'm aware (at least whenever I've traveled internationally), only a small number of passengers any given day will go through a full-body scanner. Most passengers just go through a regular magnetic scanner which doesn't have any radiation (and for domestic flights in Australia there isn't even the option of a full-body scanner). The point being that even if someone travels four times a week (200 times a year) they still won't go through a full-body scanner (and thus won't be exposed to the radiation from such a scanner) anywhere close to 200 times a year.

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This is dependent on airport and timing. As initially developed in the US everyone at some airports where going through those scanners. But, various policies and types of scanners have been developed.

Under the current system few people are going to get cancer. But, in the past people where calling systems that where dangerous safe.