The Transportation Security Administration ordered that all of those radiation-emitting full-body scanners that have recently been introduced in U.S. airports be retested. An internal review, it was reported by CNN's Mike M. Ahlers, showed "calculation errors, missing data and other discrepancies on paperwork by contractors who routinely check the machines' radiation levels."
Sen. Susan Collins, Republican of Maine, rejected the TSA's contention<http://edition.cnn.com/2011/US/03/11/tsa.body.scanners/index.html>that these were merely record-keeping errors. Collins said that there were "gross errors about radiation emissions. ... This is completely unacceptable when it comes to monitoring radiation. If TSA contractors reporting on the radiation levels have done such a poor job, how can airline passengers and crew have confidence in the data used by the TSA to reassure the public?" Wonderful. Read about a friend who was asked to pass through these scanners. She did, but it seems against human rights to force people through a scanner that hasn't been properly tested. http://edition.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/03/20/greene.radiation/index.html?hpt=Sbin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:335378 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
