Drudge linked to this article questioning the alleged safety of body scanners (Incidentally, see the NYT's discussion on "How the Drudge Report Got Popular").
Michael Grabell writes:
The Transportation Security Administration says its full-body X-ray scanners are safe and that radiation from a scan is equivalent to what's received in about two minutes of flying. The company that makes them says it's safer than eating a banana [1].
But some scientists with expertise in imaging and cancer say the evidence made public to support those claims is unreliable. And in a new letter [2] sent to White House science adviser John Holdren, they question why the TSA won't make the scanners available for independent testing by outside scientists. [more..]
Me: It's outrageous that the "TSA won't make the scanners available for independent testing by outside scientists."
