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Nearly One in Four Americans Would Refuse a Full Body Scan at Airport Security
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EKENYERENGOZI Michael Chima
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DEC
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23 Dec 2011 15:36 Africa/LagosThomson Reuters-NPR Health Poll Finds Nearly One in Four Americans Would Refuse a Full Body Scan at Airport Security22.8 Percent Would Opt for Alternative Screening Citing Health Concerns, Privacy ViolationsANN ARBOR, Mich. and WASHINGTON, Dec. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Roughly one-quarter of Americans say they would refuse a full body scan using new airport body scanners and 14.9 percent said new airport security measures have them concerned for their health, according to the Thomson Reuters-NPR Health Poll.(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090507/NY12658LOGO )Thomson Reuters and NPR conduct a monthly poll to gauge attitudes and opinions on a wide range of health issues.The survey, which asked respondents their opinions and concerns regarding flight safety, found that the main reasons for resistance to new scanners are exposure to radiation (22.6 percent), personal privacy violations (17.1 percent) and concerns the scanners violated their 4th Amen
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