Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/22

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Lead boxes for X-rays
From: Charles Dunlap <cdunlap@es.UCSC.EDU>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 15:29:04 -0800
 
>I believe that you are confusing the machines used for carry-on baggage
>inspection (which do not normally harm film) and the new machines being
>installed in airports around the world for inspection of checked baggage (that
>is where terrorists prefer to place explosives). The latter will fry film, and
>no lead bag will prevent it. The only solution at this point is to avoid
>placing any film in checked baggage.

I was confusing them. The thickness of lead needed to protect film from
x-rays of that intensity would weigh too much for checked baggage.

- -Charlie