For months the Transportation Security Administration has assured the public and members of Congress that its controversial full-body airport X-ray scanners have passed all their radiation inspections -- yet refused USA TODAY's repeated requests since Nov. 26 to see the actual reports. The agency has now released a sampling of the records and they are riddled with so many errors the TSA is requiring contractors be retrained and all machines be re-tested by the end of March. The reports showed radiation levels on some machines were 10 times higher than expected. The TSA says the numbers simply reflect math errors, all the machines passed inspections and the new tests are just a precaution. Read the full story in USA TODAY: TSA to retest airport body scanners for radiation
USA TODAY previously reported on TSA's refusal to release the radiation inspection reports: 'Inexcusable' delay on TSA body-scanner safety reports
In December USA TODAY reported that a 2008 report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found the TSA and its contractors had failed in the past to detect when X-ray machines used on baggage emitted excessive levels of radiation or had key safety features disabled. Read those reports at: TSA workers, experts worry about radiation exposure and Lawmakers call on TSA to release X-ray inspection reports
This will be a big issue if they let full body X-rays in airports. I will feel violated if they use this on me.
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