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Sep 3, 2011, 10:49 am

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Originally Posted by whipster

This finally hit the mainstream news a few days ago:

Yup-and especially if you perspire a lot

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The German government halted the full roll out of American body imaging scanners in the nation's airports today after the Interior Minister said the devices sound too many false alarms -- including at times mistaking underarm sweat for dangerous chemicals.......

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