A powerful letter from UCSF Professors regarding Airport X rays raises many concerns including the fact that “a fraction of the female population is especially sensitive to mutagenesis provoking radiation leading to breast cancer. Notably, because these women, who have defects in DNA repair mechanisms, are particularly prone to cancer, X-ray mammograms are not performed on them. The dose to breast tissue beneath the skin represents a similar risk”. They also state that “The population of immunocompromised individuals–HIV and cancer patients is likely to be at risk for cancer induction by the high skin dose.”

Download letter here: http://emfsafetynetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Backscatter_Scanners-2.pdf