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| June 30, 2010 | Airport body scanners 'could cause cancer' | | London: Airport body scanners have a potentially greater risk of cancer than previously thought, a scientist has warned. The devices emit radiation up to 20 times more
powerful than it was believed. Dr David Brenner, head of the centre for radiological
research at Columbia University in New York, said that the concentration of the
radiation on skin could pose a greater risk of cancer than expected. The risk
is due to inability of a body to repair X-ray damage to its cells. "If all 800
million people who use airports every year were screened with X-rays then the
very small individual risk multiplied by the large number of screened people might
imply a potential public health or societal risk," the Telegraph quoted Brenner
as saying. "The population risk has the potential to be significant," he added.
However, Civil Aviation Authority spokesman insisted that all the health regulations
by the Department for Transport and Health Protection Agency have been considered
for the device's use. "Under current regulations, up to 5,000 scans per person
per year can be conducted safely," he added. | |
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