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Subject:	Re: Airline travel, TSA, and breast milk
From:	Phyllis Adamson IBCLC <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Lactation Information and Discussion <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Tue, 30 Nov 2010 10:28:32 -0700
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Here's another recent incident related to a mom taking her EBM thru a TSA checkpoint.
If the title is not a clickable link, go to the news website and search by the title of the article.

Losing My Liquid Gold - Eye on Parenting - CBS News
www.cbsnews.com
`Early Show` Co-Anchor Erica Hill on Breast Milk Seizure at the airport

Phyllis

---- "Kelly Moore MS wrote:

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I want to bring an incident to the attention of the Lactnet community. I would love to hear if anyone knows of other women with similar experiences.

How many of you heard about Stacey Armato, working mother of a 7 month old infant, who traveled through the Phoenix airport on her way home to Los Angeles with 12 oz of breast milk? Apparently when going through security she asked that her breast milk not be radiated by the X-ray machine and instead be tested for explosive residue. Even with a hard copy of the TSA guidelines in her hands (she was prepared!), she was still delayed for over an hour in the special screening area. In the end she missed her flight home AND the security manager made her pour her milk that was stored in 3 ounces quantities into containers with less than 1.5 ounces of milk each. This, in spite of TSA's own guidelines that exempts breast milk from this rule. Then they made her go back through security...again.

Here are the links to two articles about the incident:

http://thestir.cafemom.com/baby/113023/tsa_targets_breastfeeding_mother

http://www.sustainablemothering.com/2010/11/26/just-when-you-thought-it-was-safe-to-travel-with-breast-milk-the-tsa-targets-mothers/

Here is the link to the TSA video that Stacey obtained through the Freedom of Information Act:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XhnZlmLGK8&feature=player_embedded

Here is the link to the TSA Guidelines:

http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/children/formula.shtm

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Phyllis Adamson, BA, IBCLC
Glendale, AZ.
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