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Pat-down

A manual screening in which security staff use their hands to check for concealed objects.

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Is airport scanning harmful myth

Is airport scanning harmful myth

What airport scanners actually use Airport security systems are designed to detect concealed objects, not to image internal organs or expose passengers to the kinds of doses used in diagnostic medicine. The most common full-body scanners in use today are millimeter-wave scanners, which use non-ionizing radiation. That matters because non-ionizing radiation does not have enough […]