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A member asked:
Do we get radiation exposure by touching and carrying all the items that were x-rayed at the airports?
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No: Xrays do not "contaminate" the items that are xrayed. You do get a small amount of radiation exposure from getting the xray, but things xrayed do not become radioactive.
Answered 6/14/2013
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