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What clothing could you wear to prevent TSA xray machines from working?

I think it would be a good time to market such an item.Lead content clothing or is there some other sort of material?

Answer:

Depends on the kind of scanner - millimeter wave or x-rayFor the x-ray scanner, if you wore a thin layer of lead foil inside your clothes, then it might show up as an uninterpretable area on the scan - either all black or all white - not sure whichA very fine mesh metal screening might affect the millimeter wave scanner, but I don't know for sureYou would have to put that foil inside your shirt, since I don't think you can wear a coat into the scanner chamberThe foil would need to be thin in order to be flexible, and, since it is thin, would develop cracks after a while, as aluminum foil does, only fasterHowever - I am quite certain that the TSA people would take you aside for an extra thorough pat down, and likely a trip to a separate room for you to remove your shirtThey would not let you past the check point without knowing why that blank area occurredI am sure that they would not be amusedThe only thing this will accomplish is to delay your screening, and inconvenience you, and perhaps others who are stuck in line behind youWhy would you want to mess up everyone's trip?

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