The European Commission has oulawed airport X-ray body scanners that use "backscatter" radiation technology, "in order to not risk jeopardizing citizens' health and safety" – but the USA still uses them. The reason is that they expose your body to ionizing radiation, which causes cumulative DNA damage that can lead to cancer

Because the scanners' X-ray beams are concentrated on your skin, not distributed throughout the volume of your whole body, there is worry that your skin could be exposed dangerously high levels

The former Homeland Security chief and co-author of the PATRIOT Act, Michael Chertoff, is one of the primary promoters of full-body scanners, and is a paid consultant for the companies that sell them

You always have the right to opt-out of X-ray body scanners while traveling and can choose to have a pat-down instead

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