X-Message-Number: 20679
From: "aschwin de wolf" <>
Subject: Body Scans and Radiation 
Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2002 19:57:43 -0500

Any views on this?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/1097136.stm

"Dr Edwin van Beek, an expert in radiology at the Royal Hallamshire
Hospital, said people should not be exposed to the ionising radiation
associated with scans unless it was absolutely necessary as this carried a
health risk in itself.

His view was echoed by Dr Dave Harvey, a consultant radiologist, who said:
"An individual undegoing this examination receives much more radiation than
they would from all other sources for several years - they might as well
take a trip to Chernobyl."

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