Well I certainly read the article, and don’t consider it very useful. The Agencie France Presse (AFP) doesn’t have a very good reputation for good reason. In this case, they are quoting folks with an axe to grind who are making claims, not stating fact. Stirring the pot. Find some other sources, pro and con and make up your own mind, this article isn’t worth the bandwidth that its occupying.
I am well aware of the Pilot’s Union objections and I don’t think that they have produced any valid scientific evidence to back them up. If any medical concern were to be confirmed, I would think that it would point to the backscatter X-Ray technology. I think that its inferior to the millimeter wave scanner for other reasons as well, so I would dump backscatter if it were up to me.
Meanwhile, I’ll be happy to go through the scanner, thank you very much.
Go through it one or two hundred times per year for a few years, then get back to us. And many frequent flyers will do just that, and then some.
Not sure how you know those quoted have an ax to grind, but those pushing these machines have big ticket items to sell, and those buying them have government stimulus money to spend. This is just the sort of scenario that can result in unforeseen outcomes, especially in cases where many will be subjected to these scans hundreds of times over the years.