After rebuffing year health through Airport scanners, the Transportation Security Administration plans to conduct new tests on the potential of radiation machines at over 100 airports nationwide.
But the TSA does not plan to retest the machine or passengers. On the contrary, the Agency plans to test Airport security officials to see if they are exposed to dangerous levels of radiation while working with the scanner.
News leaked after the test TSA issued a month for government vendors to provide you with personal dosimeters, wearable device that measures radiation,.
“The TSA is dedicated to the health and safety of employees,” TSA spokeswoman Nico Melendez said. “We constantly test our technology to ensure safe for passengers and officers and all proceeds from our post to our website.
Criticism of the TSA the TSA workers supported the idea of testing. But they keep calling for TSA to do independent study full-body scanners to ensure that airline passengers are not exposed to harmful levels of radiation.