Not a chance in Satan's realm would I let a TSO open my sealed meds let alone
stick something in it that could contaminate it. I would be screaming for a supervisor.

I would have demaned a three striper before letting them take it. I always take one of my Camelbak bottles and have never had an issue. On my last flight the TSA was playing the gate check game (before boarding I only saw them pull aside a big chested blonde and a black Muslim guy. Imaging that :rolleyes:) and walked by three of them carrying my full bottle in plain sight without them even blinking. On another trip I asked one of them that was standing around (again imagine that) if there was a nearby fountain so I didn't have to walk all the back down by the restrooms to fill it. To my surprised he pointed one out that was semi-hidden that I had walked by and missed. Maybe I've just been lucky.

Our test equipment does not require actually touching the liquid, so there is no reason to put a drop of it anywhere, it can remain in its container.

Just because you say it’s a medicine does not give it a free pass. Could be any kind of liquid in the bottle, and “factory seals” can be fakes. Testing is the best option available at the checkpoint.

Even if the testing destroys the item being tested?

I will repeat here what I have already stated: There is no test strip that can detect peroxides in the air above a liquid flask. Methodologically it is simply unavailable (and I state this as a professional).

ETD of swabs on the outside of a flask could detect peroxides, but not test strips waved in the air. That is pure security theater.

Yes, because 99.9999999% of people are carrying contraband aboard an aircraft. Can't wait until TSA kills a diabetic in-flight by ruining their insulin or something.

Does anyone in the TSA even have a risk-management background?

Or just stealing it.

Or anything remotely relevant?

Don't confuse TSO's with facts. It makes their heads hurt.

Hardly. Facts don't bother them, because they simply deny reason.

Sorry, but you can't fight terrorism with facts and science. You need magic.

Such as?

Believe what you like, no one here is going to stop you. I have used the strips and can say as a professional that they work just fine. Peroxides are the easiest to detect, some others not so much.

You might want to look over the link. I have used this one several times, its an interesting little device that worked but didn’t quite meet TSA’s needs.

Here is another one that is in use in many airports, read that link as well. Its always nice to have the facts available.

Here are some others:
http://www.plexsci.com/products/dete...ection/dropex/
http://spie.org/x86552.xml
http://www.xplosafe.com/national-security.html

And these are just a few, not a comprehensive list at all.

The proof has been provided for you. Its common technology that utilizes liquid vapors of the different chemicals. You “might” want to rethink your “professional opinion” just a bit and do some more research.

Did you read the information in the links you provided? The vapor detection, i.e., contactless, systems do not indicate that they can test for peroxide. The systems that can test for peroxide all describe dropping the liquid on a strip or other testing mechanism, i.e., contacting the liquid. So, what "proof" has been provided to show Bubba is incorrect?

Opening a factory sealed container will trigger a (usually) 30day expiration. If all of the containers are opened so that the test strips can be waived over them then those containers are on their way to being destroyed.

What are your professional credentials for chemical testing?