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Re:Three year old takes a journey through an airport baggage... by mmastrac on Monday January 11, 2010 @01:11PM (#1045583)
What sort of exposure level is a baggage x-ray? Those must be significantly higher than standard human x-rays.
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Re:Three year old takes a journey through an airport baggage... by ams6110 on Monday January 11, 2010 @02:05PM (#1045716)
According to one specification document[1] for a baggage X-ray unit, it's about 0.1 mrem per inspection, which is less than a typical chest X-ray[2]

[1] http://www.zortek.net/SpecSheet/Dynavision100100.pdf [2] http://www.newportbodyscan.com/radiationdosage.htm

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Re:Three year old takes a journey through an airport baggage... by megamark16 on Monday January 11, 2010 @01:14PM (#1045591)
That's the first thing I thought as well. That poor kid.
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