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Old Jul 11, 2012 | 10:04 am
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Originally Posted by TSORon
One word. Vapor. Unless of course you are claiming that hydrogen peroxide does not produce vapors, in which case I have to ask what methods you use as a “professional”.



They don’t detect “explosives”, they detect chemicals. That detection means that a more in-depth investigation is needed. That’s all.



Like the ETD systems we use, they can be programed to detect just about any chemical. The US Coast Guard uses the same ETD technology to detect drug traces on interdicted vessels. They are looking for drugs and have their units programed to do so, the TSA is not looking for drugs and our units are not programed for it.
You again claim that "they [TSA strips] detect chemicals," but you never answer BubbaLoop's question, from June 9:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/18894842-post54.html:

Since I seem to miss "quite a bit" of your information, could you please point me exactly to the part in which a test strip (not an electronic "sniffer" like the one you showed here, which, by the way, also does not detect peroxides) waved above a solution is capable of detecting peroxides.
Why ever not?
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