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In article <pkershaw-270792112759@192.94.50.51>, pkershaw@dce.com (Peter Kershaw) writes:
 
> It has been known for years that xray has harmful effects on magnetic media
> and print film. The level of xray is supposedly monitored and calibrated
> periodically, so that it will not fog film, or scramble bits on disk, tape,
> flash ROM, etc. Truth be known, airport xray machines are infrequently
> checked because of lax government oversight, and cost. Consequently, I
> never allow any "mission critical" items to be passed through airport xray,
> but insist they be hand checked. It should also be noted that checked
> baggage is routinely xrayed, especially at airports with any international
> traffic.

At Heathrow and Gatwick (and I guess at all of the UK airports) security will NOT
hand check anything. Everything must go through the hand-luggage xray machine.
I was told that this was a legal requirement. 

They also assure you that no possible damage can result from xraying disc/tapes/etc!
However .............

			Anthony.
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