Do not bother to answer. I know you did not read it. I will believe the pilots -- over a testing company that makes money passing machines off on the public.
I would not trust BIG SIS with an electric train. Why should I volunteer to have my body scanned ___ ?
This one:
“A traveler would require more than 1,000 such scans in a year to reach the effective dose equal to one chest X-ray, according to the American College of Radiology.
“But other medical experts point out that the elderly, pregnant women, children and others might be more susceptible to radiation than the average person,” Poole said. “And flight crews and airport workers who have to pass through the scanners every day would receive far more radiation than most passengers.”
That’s one of the reasons the Allied Pilots Association, which represents 11,000 American Airlines pilots, wants its members to opt out of the full-body scan and request another type of screening.”
Or was it another one?
The article oddly does not address in-flight dose. My point was that you get more dose in flight than from the scanners.
“I would not trust BIG SIS with an electric train. “
LOL yup me too, even if she had adult supervision!
Here is an interesting tool that pilots use to determine in-flight radiation dose:
http://jag.cami.jccbi.gov/cariprofile.asp
One Sievert= 100,000,000 microREM or 100,000 millirem