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TSA will not allow staff to wear film badge dosimeters, like those regularly worn by health care workers with potential radiation exposure, Everyone is also as
by watchandwait 16y ago
TSA will not allow staff to wear film badge dosimeters, like those regularly worn by health care workers with potential radiation exposure,
Everyone is also assuming that the TSA is properly configuring and maintaining this equipment, and that it is not malfunctioning and giving overdoses.
- dpatru 16y agoIf everything is configured properly, the dosimeters would read normal. If not, isn't it better to find out as soon as possible?
- jrockway 16y agoNo. Imagine if a few workers were being overdosed. The TSA would get sued and they'd have to find some other way to annoy us. No data, no lawsuit.
- Confusion 16y agoUsing dosimeters works in many places where they use equipment that produce X-rays. On occasion, an incident happens. This may lead to a lawsuit, but still a lawsuit much smaller in scope than when workers are being overdosed over longer periods of time and them finding out in a few years.
- tibbon 16y agoThey actively disallow it? That is rather, umm, shocking? If anyone ever called out the "if you've got nothing to cover up..." line, then I'd say it fits here.
- trunnell 16y agoTSA will not allow staff to wear film badge dosimeters Do you have a link for that?
- epoxyhockey 16y agoHas anyone worn a film badge dosimeter while getting scanned (or just put on in their pocket)? That would be a way to independently test the radiation dose.