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"Cancer Risks Debated for Type of X-Ray Scan" [1]

"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 to millions of people -- a process some experts say is certain to result in a few additional cancer deaths."

Matthew L. Wald reports for the New York Times January 8, 2010. [2]

Environmental Health [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Public [5]
Source: NYTimes [2], 01/11/2010
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/cancer-risks-debated-type-x-ray-scan [2] http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/09/health/09scanner.html [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health [4] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [5] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81