Airport Security Measures Not Backed By Solid Evidence

There is no solid evidence that the huge amounts of money spent on airport security screening measures since September 11th are effective, argue researchers in this week’s Christmas issue of the BMJ. Most screening programmes around the world are closely evaluated and heavily regulated before implementation. They rely on sound scientific and cost-benefit evidence before they are put into practice. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Bio-terrorism on December 29th, 2007