Controversial naked airport body scanners to be scrapped after failing to receive European approvalScanners use X-ray technology to show up hidden explosives or weapons
Fears machines could emit harmful levels of cancer-causing radiation
European report said risk 'close to zero' but bosses still failed to give go-ahead
Controversial airport strip-search scanners are to be scrapped after they failed to get approval from European bosses.
Experts feared the naked body scanners, which use X-ray technology to show up hidden explosives or weapons, could emit harmful levels of cancer-causing radiation.
New trials of the device, which display a naked image of the person being scanned - were blocked by the European Commission last November.
