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		polyfractal on March 15, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: $100 to Fly Through the Airport I don't like the full body scanners either, but you take on a significantly larger dose of radiation by simply looking out the window of the plane while flying than you do walking through the scanner. There are lots of things wrong with the scanner...radiation is a very small part of it.

counterpunt on March 15, 2012 [–]

that's still up for debate - since the energy doesn't penetrate through the body, it's concentrated on the skin.

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