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By Alison Hawkes

On one of the biggest travel days of the year, a campaign has been launched urging people to opt-out of the body scan machines
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Forget nudity, radiation may be reason to opt-out of body scanners

November 23, 2010

By Alison Hawkes

On one of the biggest travel days of the year, a campaign has been launched urging people to opt-out of the body scan machines at the airport. National Opt-Out Day, set for tomorrow (Wednesday), is about not letting TSA officials see your junk, a last-straw move by airline passengers fed up with the ever
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