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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Europe Bans X-Ray Body Scanners Used at U.S. Airports

A small number of cancer cases would result from scanning hundreds of millions of passengers a year. For some, that's a health issue

The European Union on Monday prohibited the use of X-ray body scanners [1] in European airports, parting ways with the U.S. Transportation Security Administration, which has deployed hundreds of the scanners as a way to screen millions of airline passengers for explosives hidden under clothing.

The European Commission, which enforces common policies of the EU's 27 member countries, adopted the rule “in order not to risk jeopardizing citizens’ health and safety.”

3 comments:

  1. Gee, those Europeans. Always bucking the system and thinking of their people instead of security theater.

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  2. Yes a small number of people would develop cancer. But they are the poor and working class people. The elite people could probably get around the scanners because the law enforcement know they are not the criminals.

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  3. To many complaints from terrorist.

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