# Chemical kits containing hazardous materials (water/soil test kits, chemistry sets) · FAA (air transport) — Flying with restricted items: FAA, TSA and IATA baggage and air cargo rules

For Chemical kits containing hazardous materials (water/soil test kits, chemistry sets), authority is FAA (air transport); restriction type is restricted; scope is carry-on and checked baggage; conditions is The safety data sheet of each individual chemical in the kit must be examined; section 14 identifies if a chemical is a regulated hazardous material, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Item or substance:** Chemical kits containing hazardous materials (water/soil test kits, chemistry sets)
- **Authority:** FAA (air transport) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Restriction type:** restricted _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Scope:** carry-on and checked baggage _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Conditions:** The safety data sheet of each individual chemical in the kit must be examined; section 14 identifies if a chemical is a regulated hazardous material.

## What the source says

> Water test kits, soil test kits, children's chemistry sets, etc. when containing hazardous materials Most chemical kits contain a variety of substances with only a few of them being hazardous materials for transportation purposes. Corrosives, oxidizers, and organic peroxides are the most common classes of hazardous materials found in chemistry kits. The safety data sheet (SDS) of each individual chemical in the kit must be examined to know if it is a hazardous material. Section 14 of the SDS should identify if a chemical/substance is a regulated hazardous material for transportation purposes.

## Source

- https://www.faa.gov/hazmat/packsafe/chemical-kits

Last verified: 2026-08-10. Review by: 2027-08-10.
Part of [Flying with restricted items: FAA, TSA and IATA baggage and air cargo rules](https://referencesource.org/air-travel-item-restrictions/).