I speculated that this could be a problem, and I was right (and to be fair, I wasn't by far the only person to point this out). In short: dumbass TSA workers get sick from mixing random chemicals confiscated from passengers. Gee, who could have predicted that? Oh, wait, lots of people did.
[hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"][h3]Collateral damage in the airports' War on Moisture [/h3] 19 airport workers and TSA agents who were fighting the War on Moisture were hospitalized today after the hell-brew of confiscated liquids they had been mixing began to offgas something toxic -- likely a by-product of mace or pepper-spray. [blockquote] "They could find absolutely no sign of air contamination," he said. "It's important that people recognize that we don't have any indication that this was a deliberate act to disrupt airport operations." Given the workers' symptoms and that the air tests did not find anything, Hogan said, the likely culprit is discarded Mace or pepper spray. Travelers often carry the chemicals and forget about them until they enter a checkpoint, he said. The chemicals are prohibited past the checkpoint. [/p][/blockquote] [a href="http://www.startribune.com/467/story/629345.html"]Link[/a]
