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IG Says TSA In Compliance With Requirements For Use Of X-ray Body Scanners

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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is in compliance with standards set forth to verify the safe radiation dose emitted by whole body imagers based on X-ray technology, and furthermore these scanning systems emit minimal radiation on people that are being screened, the Department of Homeland Security’s Inspector General (IG) says in a new report (OIG-12-38). The report’s conclusions didn’t mollify Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), who remains concerned that there hasn’t been an independent study conducted to confirm that the backscatter…

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