Comment & Debate
A spokeswoman for the Transportation Security Administration, Kristin Lee, said in a January 2010, New York Times article that even for pregnant women, children and people whose genetic makeup made them more susceptible to X-ray damage, “It would take more than 1,000 screenings per individual per year” to exceed radiation standards.[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/09/health/09scanner.html