Airports with body scanners

London-Luton doesnt have a scanner yet I rang them up as I would like to travel from an airport that doesnt have the scanners.So far only Heathrow and Gatwick has it.

Columbus, Ohio, US (CMH) now has full-body scanners in use. I opted out of one just this afternoon.

It would be helpful if the list indicated which countries or airports give the passenger the option of being searched manually instead, so that people can avoid countries or airports where the passenger will be denied boarding if they want to be searched manually instead of irradiated.

Washington Dulles has them at the Dulles diamond lanes (expert traveler lanes) at least as of Nov 1. I was able to opt out and get a pat down as a pregnant woman.

There are currently 65 airports in the US with full body scanners. Not all of them are here. For example, Laredo International Airport (LRD) is not in this list. See the TSA website for the full list:
http://www.tsa.gov/approach/tech/ait/faqs.shtm

Memphis, Tennessee, and Nashville, Tennessee have them.
Nashville: http://www.tennessean.com/article/20101119/NEWS01/11190331/-1/NEWS01/Nashville+fliers+feel+frisked
Memphis: http://www.myfoxmemphis.com/dpp/news/local/111610-travelers-mixed-on-airport-scanner-protest
The US permits travelers to decline the scan and opt instead to submit to an enhanced search, which includes having their genitals fondled.

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Wait,I dont get it.
I havent travelled in quite a while now but I was planning on taking a trip down to california.
So,if I land at LAX.The full body scanners would be able to take an image of me very visibly naked or would it be a blurred light image indicating say concealed items in a darker shade?
If someone could set me straight,that would be great.thanks!

I’ve just read the leaflet http://www.gatwickairport.com/Documents/Bodyscan_leaflet.pdf
Isn’t it about time they were taken to court for these deceptions. They say “Body scanners are a much less intrusive
process than a hand search.” LIE
“The image produced is a black and white
outline of an individual’s body without
any distinguishing features.” LIE (You can see their genitalia).
“No images will be saved or be retrievable
at a later date.” LIE (It is impossible to wipe data completely from a computer as my PHD in computer science friends have told me.
“It is completely safe for pregnant
women…” LIE (Why are pregnant women exempt from these scanners in US airports and there was news story on pregnany women working in airport security around these scanners and had multiple miscarriages said to have been caused by these scanners).
“Are children exempt? No.” Isn’t this a form of paedophilia?

Do you have to go through the scanner at Amsterdam when arriving from the US?

I have passed through YVR last year. There was a scanner looks like the one in US airport, but its not a mandatory check for every passenger. You go through a standard metal detector door first, and will be asked to do the body scan if they feel necessary. I remember my shoe triggered metal detector, then a security asked me to do a body scan. I was offended and yelled “WTH, they are just little metal rings for the shoelace.” A second security came to me and explained they are usually some metal pieces built-in the leather shoes to support the shape. He then showed me these metals he talked about under the belt X-ray machine for carry-on baggage. I was let go without doing the body scan. If they insisted the body scan, I would ask for a real strip search rather than going inside that freaking machine which can do only-god-knows harm to your health. But I guess this is just for Canada, for some other part of the world, we don’t have a choice.

BFS currently has one installed to be used “at random” if you happen to be in that queue.