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Via Prison Planet.com \u00bb Prison Planet<\/p>\n

Seattle Times<\/a>
\nMay 27, 2010<\/p>\n

A group of doctors and professors from UC San Francisco are raising new concerns about the safety of a type of airport full-body scanner built by Torrance, Calif.-based Rapiscan Inc.<\/p>\n

To reveal weapons hidden under a traveler’s clothes, the scanner relies on “backscatter technology,” which uses the ricochets from low-level X-rays to create what looks like a nude image of the person.<\/p>\n

The experts said they fear that the scanners may expose the skin to high doses of X-rays that could increase the risk of cancer and other health problems, particularly among people with weak immune systems.<\/p>\n

But officials at the Department of Homeland Security say there is no need to worry.<\/p>\n

“The risk is so low it’s almost negligible,” said Dr. Alexander Garza, the assistant secretary for health affairs and chief medical officer for the department.<\/p>\n

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