Poll: Are You Concerned about Radiation Exposure from TSA Full Body Scanners?
If you are a frequent flyer, a flight attendant or a pilot, you are in and out of airports on a regular basis…maybe twice a week or more. Every time you go through an airport security scanner and are subjected to either the conventional x-ray or the new TSA Full Body Scan, you are exposed to a small dose of radiation. For the most part, these scans are considered safe, however, the new scanning technology is raising some major concern.
In light of recent headlines regarding the TSA full body scan, we want to know your level of concern regarding radiation exposure as a frequent flyer.
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I am curious about how much radiation this is when compared to the radiation a person receives when flying on a plane. I know there is plenty when you’re in the air.
What’s missing from the national discussion in my opinion is a rational risk assessment. It’s pretty well indisputable that increased radiation exposure leads to an increased risk of cancer, so the question is really by how much do the TSA screening increase cancer risk? And on the other hand, by how much is the risk of terrorist attacks reduced by the TSA screenings? Since I consider the risk of terrorist attacks to already be almost zero, and the screenings are more for show than anything else since a serious terrorist would just put explosives inside his body at this point, I don’t see how any increased risk of cancer can be justified. Therefore I will be opting out, especially since I’ve already been on about 100 flights this year and have gotten enough radiation exposure just from flying.