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Independent of the general problem of security theater, are you actually concerned about electromagnetic-based scanning on pregnant women? All the ionizing radi
by mortenjorck 11y ago
Independent of the general problem of security theater, are you actually concerned about electromagnetic-based scanning on pregnant women? All the ionizing radiation-based scanners were (somewhat ironically) moved to prisons about two years ago: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/banned-airport-full-body-scanners-used-prisons/ http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/banned-airport-full-body... Unless you're concerned about wi-fi and cellular signals affecting pregnancy, you probably don't need to stay up worrying about millimeter-wave scanners.
- toomuchtodo 11y agoWe've spent several years trying to get pregnant, and had to resort to several rounds of IVF before success. Yes, minimally researched terahertz body scanners that are mandatory for travel keep me up.
- mortenjorck 11y agoYou have my sympathy. That's a really difficult thing for any couple to go through. Still, in that case, you're probably trying to control a lot of other variables that already rule out air travel, no? For routine pregnancy there is no risk from EM identified in the literature that I know of.
- colordrops 11y agoAren't the new scanners using T-Rays (terahertz radiation), which is relatively new to public facing applications, and is also definitely not the same frequency as wifi and cellular?