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Old Jun 13, 2018, 12:14 pm
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yaychemistry
 
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Originally Posted by MSPeconomist
What's with the powders? Is this new?
A handful of times, my wife has bought bath salts while on a trip. The TSA screeners always flag the bag and pull it aside for extra screening. Usually just a quick visual confirmation of the package is good enough. I wonder if dense powders block the x-rays so they just want to get a visual confirmation.

Last edited by yaychemistry; Jun 13, 2018 at 12:15 pm Reason: clarity
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