Re: an infant got x-rayed
From: Jack Fulton <jefulton1@comcast.net> Subject: Re: an infant got x-rayed Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 11:04:27 -0800 > Yes. I had also written to Fuji, and they responded with a > letter explaining how the film could be damaged, and had my > Faculty ID, all to no avail. I had deliberately not used > the lead bags but my colleague Linda Connor does all the > time as she works solely with 810 b/w film and travels a > lot. I learned in mid-1990s that in UK they don't care about any of the above factors and they MUST x-ray. Since then I don't bother to ask. I've seen only one argument against lead bags in past 10 years. It went like this... if you use lead bag to cut x-ray and if the inspector can't see the content clearly, they may increase the radiation dose and rescan the luggage, resulting in greater total exposure. This is probably true for checked in luggage but I've never seen this done on carry on. They rather check visually in such a case. I also usually tell them that there's a lead bag containing films in my luggage upfront, which they can confirm on the screen, though with much lower contrast due to the lead bag.
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