Originally Posted by
corporate-wage-slave
Mmmm, I think it's a bit more complicated than that, since PEG (and indeed MEG) is a polymer present in all sorts of stuff - cosmetics, toothpaste, skin powder in compacts, foodstuffs, dry and wet paint, hair gel, deodorants. I suspect it just came up as a general organic material, and the shape of the container gave the scanner cause for concern. Same would happen with a jar of coffee.
Thanks for the explanation; I wonder how it appears to the TSA in the US as the small bottle (119g when full, i.e. "7 doses" as per label) has been traveling with me in my carryon bag for three months now (due to some surgery) and has never elicited any raised eyebrows by the X-ray people there.
Will go through LHR again tomorrow and will put it in a separate bin...let's see what they do.