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  • Do you use it? The everyday product that can trigger false positives on TSA explosives test

    04/30/2013 7:13:47 AM PDT · by TSA-Watch · 46 replies
    TSA Watch ^ | 04/30/2013 | TSA Watch
    You’re gonna love this. It turns out that two products that most of us use multiple times a day can trigger a false positive result for explosives during a TSA screening. The culprits? Soap and lotion. Don’t believe me? A few days after the Boston bombings, Linda, an Oklahoma native, was flying out of Port Columbus International Airport (CMH) in Ohio when she was randomly chosen for a hand swab at a security checkpoint. The TSA agent swabbed her hand and promptly informed her that she had tested positive for explosives, specifically nitrates. The poor woman was naturally befuddled and...