Can the food after security check be eaten?

Some passengers think it is too much trouble to take the subway security check. Others wonder whether there will be X-rays during the subway security inspection, and whether the radiation accumulation caused by often carrying food through the security inspection machine will cause harm to the human body. The relevant person in charge of the Sichuan Radiation Environmental Management Monitoring Center affirmed that people don't have to worry about the radiation caused by the security inspection machine to food.

The radiation of an object mainly depends on its own content and composition, and foods such as fruits will not remain due to X-ray irradiation, and will not accumulate damage. Some fresh packaged foods are sterilized by radiation, such as gamma rays, which are beneficial to food preservation and will not leave any residue.

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The radiation of an object mainly depends on its own content and composition, and foods such as fruits will not remain due to X-ray irradiation, and will not accumulate damage. We can rest assured that the radiation of security inspection machines in subways, airports and some specific places is controlled below the safety line.

Because it involves public health, the installation and use of all safety devices must be verified by the environmental protection department, within the scope of national standards, and usually far below the personal management limit, that is, how much dose everyone can accept.

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