Do condoms show up in TSA?

In general, condoms won't be targeted for additional screening at airport security.



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Where to store your condoms: 5 best places
  1. A small coin purse: great for keeping condoms handy on the go. ...
  2. A toiletry bag.
  3. An unused cosmetic bag.
  4. In your tampon box/case (who would look in there!)
  5. In a side pocket of your backpack. ...
  6. Inside a sock, in your sock drawer. ...
  7. A hollowed-out book.


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Can you see a tampon during an airport body scan? This is a frequently asked question on Google, and if it's something you're worried about, you can breathe a sigh of relief. Airport body scanners can't see inside the body and therefore can't detect a tampon on a TSA female body scan image.

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Airport body scanners alert the TSO to threats—mainly weapons such as knives, guns and explosives. They are designed to detect “metallic and nonmetallic threat items,” according to the TSA. Those are things like explosives or knives made out of materials other than metal, like ceramics, says Malvini Redden.

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There are usually five types of items that security officers look for. They are liquids, powders, batteries, sharp objects, and organic materials. Each of these can be detected by the baggage scanners. A TSA agent will likely pull any flagged baggage for manual inspection.

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Non-Hispanic white women and men aged 15–44 were more likely to have not used a condom during any intercourse in the past 12 months compared with Hispanic women and men aged 15–44 and non-Hispanic black women and men aged 15–44.

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