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Old Jun 24, 2016, 11:10 am
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Boggie Dog
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Originally Posted by Section 107
What would you say are the right things for explosive detection dogs/machines to alert on if not the chemicals in explosives?
I find it hard to believe that there are no chemicals found in most explosives that are unique to explosives and not also common in hand lotion, soaps, contact lens solutions, and so forth.

If the chemical being detected is so common that it is used in thousands of normal everyday products then that detection method is flawed, the detection method is not detecting explosives or explosive precursors but common everyday items.
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