And you thought liquid checks were bad....Here come powders
 

Here come powders........

Care to elaborate...not that I really want to know.

Ever since Mythbusters blew up a huge container of coffee creamer I knew the traveling public would be in for more BS.

Damn it, I was holding that story at the request of my source.

Something tells me that this thread is going to get veryyyyy long...

Mike

what are they going to do with powders? restrict, test?

more info.

i can see it now.......the cruex ter'wrist.

we're doomed. doomed, i tell you. doomed

My understanding was that powders were liquids according to TSA lunatic definitions: they pour. Tooth powder has been apprehended (or voluntarily surrendered, if you speak TSA-ish) at checkpoints with that argument.

Watch out if they start intensive field-testing with those crappy police testers. Lots of travellers are going to end up in prison for that tooth powder. :td:

Relentless paranoia- finely divided powders can become explosive when mixed with air, water can hugely increase its volume when subjected to the right amount of energy, I just wish someone would bulldoze this clown car... :D

Actually there ARE Dust explosions
 

They can be nasty in old grain elevators.

Did someone figure out the old trick of sprinkling powdered creamer over a lighter?

Yeah, but it’s *really* tough to get a grain elevator in the overhead bin.

Technically, the powders do turn into liquids if you mix them with water. Maybe that's what they're worried about.

Mike

The TSA's relentless stupidity knows no bounds and is matched only by the willingness of our nation of cowards and idiots to let this pointless nonsense continue after eight years of ghost-chasing.

The charlatans selling phony security know no shame. :(

The TSA management only now figured out that powders can be explosive? What idiots in TSA management, but don't they know that other solids besides powder can also be explosive and that the TSA would most likely fail to stop those too.

At this pace, the TSA should prepare to ban all persons from boarding a plane as a passenger ..... some time after banning all batteries. :rolleyes: