# airport x-ray

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airport-x-ray/187673>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 11, 2003, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airport-x-ray/187673 "2003-07-11T08:05:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![captainQwark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@captainQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/captainQwark)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airport-x-ray/187673/1 "2003-07-11T08:05:34Z")

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If a person stuck his/her hand in an airport x-ray, would the amount of radiation the hand received be dangerous? I’m curious, because my mom did it on accident once.

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**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airport-x-ray/187673/2 "2003-07-11T11:32:16Z")

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[An answer to this question:](http://hps.org/publicinformation/ate/q2152.html)

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> I am a baggage screener using the new L-3 Dual Energy Computer Tomography. What is the long-term effect of exposure to radiation leakage since we work around these machines for 10 hours at a time? Are there any health risks?