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Experts: Body scans 'inadequate' abroad

Body Scans

A foiled plot to sneak a bomb through airport checkpoints and onto a plane bound for the United States calls attention to gaps in screening measures that are supposed to detect threats airport metal detectors miss.

 

Airport scanner radiation risk low, agencies say

Airport scanner radiation risk low, agencies say

New full-body airport security scanners using X-rays generate much lower doses than normal background radiation, a draft report compiled by international agencies says.

 

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