[ RadSafe ] " Scanner-proof undies hit the market "

[Perle, Sandy]

I heard this on the radio this morning, an interview with the proprietor of Rocky Flats Gear. Those who try to cover an area will most definitely receive a more thorough exam, and probably be required to remove the garment.

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Sandy

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...or the new underwear will make the scanner operator increase the intensity of the scan to see through the shielded part.

Mattias Olsson
Sweden

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Scanner-proof undies hit the market
  AFP November 23, 2010 4:07 AM

 - Airline passengers worried about new security scanners filming their privates now have a way out: anti-radiation underwear.

The undies, sold by Colorado company Rocky Flats Gear, feature fig leaf patterns over the sensitive area, with the leaves made out of material promising to "block natural and man-made radiation."

That would stop harmful rays of any kind, but more to the point, the technology "insures privacy of medical and body scanner images," company website www.rockyflatsgear.com says.

There's something for everyone in this sci-fitop drawer, ranging from the Patriot 3 Pack of men's boxer shorts to skimpier briefs and, for women, the Velvet Privacy Bra.

The Transportation Security Administration has come under pressure over scanners that show the naked contours of passengers. Those who refuse to submit to the scan face a detailed manual search.

A man filmed confronting airport staff in mid-November and telling an official to keep his hands off his "junk" -slang for genitals -has become a YouTube folk hero.
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