Body scanners at airports could be carcinogenic
“We know that X-rays are dangerous” and “statistically, there will be cases of skin cancer,” warns Dr. Michael Love, who directs a laboratory studying the X-ray department of biophysics at Johns Hopkins in the United States tells Le Parisien.
Another interesting article about airports.
That announcement alarming scientists who ask the question the safety of scanners used in airports!
Already in April this year researchers at the University of California at San Francisco have attracted the attention of the White House on “potentially serious risks to health” related to these scanners. She had replied that the scanners had been “thoroughly tested” by the health authorities and complying with safety standards in force.
But now, the problem is not the radiation doses received in depth … but the skin!
And this could lead to the development of skin cancer!
It is a phenomenon that primarily affects the United States where the aircraft is used regularly, just as the train home. 315 scanners are integral to X-rays that are currently used in 65 airports across the country, and nearly a hundred would soon enter service says Metro
And then, the technology used in France at Roissy Charles de Gaulle does not use X rays to radio waves but so-called “millimeter”, but would present no risk to their health.
Filed under: Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
No Responses Yet to “Body scanners at airports could be carcinogenic”