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Are there any health concerns from the use of full-body scanners at the airport?

April 26, 2017Airport concerns Health scanners

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Victoria Hong Posted

Are there any health concerns from the use of full-body scanners at the airport?

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42girl 42girl Posted

Full-body scanners being implemented in airports provide detailed and accurate images of passengers by bombarding them with radio waves from all directions. Does this process carry a health risk due to its intensity?

Developers of the scanners say that there are no major health concerns since the level of radiation used is so minimal. The millimeter wave scanners use technology that equates to a fraction of the radio waves in a cell phone.