(re:olympus-digest V2 #829)
On 20 Mar 99, at 15:49, olympus-digest wrote:
> Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 06:27:19 -0800
> From: "John Hudson" <jahudson@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [OM] Avoiding X-Rays
>
> - ----- Original Message -----
> 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:
> >
...
> > 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
I think you've answered your question. One set of planes has passengers and
great terrorist publicity value.
FedEx uses (usually) dedicated cargo planes, with much less publicity value,
and therefore risk.
Has anyone heard of some kind of multi-lingual warning booklet that one can
take with the change bag for manual inspection? Preferably with Kodak's (and
various airlines') imprimatur.
I guess that a letter from the country's embassy or Customs department would be
even better.
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