WASHINGTON — A new report that found X-ray scanners previously used by the Transportation Security Administration didn’t overexpose travelers to radiation opens the door for the agency to bring back ...
WASHINGTON -- The plan for broad use of X-ray body scanners to detect bombs or weapons under airline passengers' clothes has rekindled a debate about the safety of delivering small doses of radiation ...
Before they were removed following an outcry over privacy, backscatter X-ray security scanners at airports also raised worries among some travelers and scientists about exposure to potentially harmful ...
While we’ve seen developments that could see T-ray spectrometers featuring in a future handheld tricorder-like device, good ol’ X-rays could also get a guernsey thanks to an engineering team from the ...
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has been quietly replacing the old X-ray body scanner machines with new ones that radiation experts believe to be safer, according to NBC News. The old ...
Questions are being raised about the safety of X-ray body scanners at some airports across the country, after an article this week suggesting that anywhere from six to 100 passers each year could get ...
The European Union on Monday prohibited the use of X-ray body scanners in European airports, parting ways with the U.S. Transportation Security Administration, which has deployed hundreds of the ...