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From: *- DORIS FANG -* <sfsttj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 19, 1999 9:49 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Avoiding X-Rays
>
>
> On Fri, 19 Mar 1999, John Hudson wrote:
>
> > A much easer option is to buy one of those lead lined film carrying
bags. I
> > have one which measures about 10" by 12", carries 24 or more cannisters
and
> > is rated for at least 1000 ISO. If in doubt I would double bag my films
and
> > include them with my cargo hold luggage. I would not accept for one
second
> > any assertion that FedEx does not x ray in or out of country shipments!
>
> Lead bags are useless with the new CTX series machines. One of the
> designers of these machines was on another list I frequent, and he
> distinctly told of how scanner personnel are instructed to simply dial up
> much more power until they can see through your bags, thereby exposing
> your film to far more radiation. This has been repeated in several
> publications, corroborating the story. You may not accept FedEx's word,
> unlike National Geographic (and scores of other pros using it daily
> without problems) but the lead bags are useless.
>
I assume that airport x-ray scanning in the US is subject to federal
regulation. If this is so why should it be presumed that FedEx could avoid
scanning its cargo whereas cargo travelling on commercial passenger services
would be scanned. If scanning is a routine to ensure airline and air
transportation safety, regardless of whether the plane carries passengers or
not, what franchise does FedEx have to avoid what is or is said to be a
safety feature of commercial passenger air transportation?
jh
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