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Airports across the European Union will reportedly abandon the use of X-ray scanners, as health concerns led bureaucrats to deny approval for their widespread use.
Last November, the European Commission blocked further trials of the device, which displays a naked image of the person being scanned ? like a hospital X-ray. Experts warned that the scanners, which use X-ray technology to detect hidden explosives and weapons, could emit dangerous levels of cancer-causing radiation.
In 2011, European Commission chiefs told Manchester Airport it could continue using the machines for another year. With that trial period drawing to a close, officials chose not to greenlight the machines for full-time use.
Executives had hoped that the airports would be allowed to continue using the technology, but will now be forced to scrap the 16 security machines. The scanners will be taken offline in October.
http://rt.com/news/airport-scanner-safety-cancer-351/
Last November, the European Commission blocked further trials of the device, which displays a naked image of the person being scanned ? like a hospital X-ray. Experts warned that the scanners, which use X-ray technology to detect hidden explosives and weapons, could emit dangerous levels of cancer-causing radiation.
In 2011, European Commission chiefs told Manchester Airport it could continue using the machines for another year. With that trial period drawing to a close, officials chose not to greenlight the machines for full-time use.
Executives had hoped that the airports would be allowed to continue using the technology, but will now be forced to scrap the 16 security machines. The scanners will be taken offline in October.
http://rt.com/news/airport-scanner-safety-cancer-351/