Originally Posted by
eyecue
It is true the TSA may not know what is in the bottle and we are not allowed to verify it but the fact of the matter is that if it was hazmat, it wouldnt be over the limit that has to be treated as such, regardless of what the other poster said. I get his point, if you have 60 one liter containers of class 8 then you have to treat it as a hazmat, but a roller barrel of shampoos, toothpaste, water, pop, beer, wine, rubbing alcohol, mouthwash, in their totality doesnt constitute hazmat.
So TSA, through its inability to identify the contents of relatively small containers of liquid, is seizing personal property from United States citizens on the pretext the containers
could contain hazardous material? Then, TSA discards the (possibly) hazardous material by distributing the material to whomever they choose? Forgive me if I cannot find the logic in this - either it is or it isn't contraband, subject to disposition as such. You can't have it both ways, though TSA apparently has so far.
I wish someone would undertake a research project and estimate how much has been taken from flyers over the past year and attach a monetary value. We could probably buy a small foreign country with the money that has gone in the trash.