Chi says, “What would you recommend for frequent fliers worried about the dangers of airport body scanners?”
Chris: I don’t know that there’s much that could be done about that. I mean, avoiding the—I forget the names of these—but the scanner that has the thing that kind of goes around in a circle where you put your arms up, I think those omit a lot more EMF than the ones that you just walk through, so you can request to do the walkthrough. You can also sometimes request to just have a pat down. You could tell them you have some medical condition that makes it dangerous for you to go through those scanners. Just make something up and ask them if they can just pat you down with the wand. It will lengthen the time it takes for you to get through security, but if you are worried about it that’s probably the best option.