The ranking Republican on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee said last week that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) still needs to promote an independent study of the health effects on people who are subject to being scanned by backscatter X-ray-based whole body imagers at some of the nation’s airports. Earlier this month, John Pistole, administrator of the Transportation Security Administration, told the committee that DHS would do an independent study of the safety of the backscatter-based…
Sen. Collins Pressing Pistole For Study On Health Impacts Of X-ray Body Imagers
Defense Daily Staff
SHARE:
