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It is illegal to operate an X-ray shoe-fitting machine.

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Added: 2026/3/18

The Law

During the mid-20th century, shoe stores used fluoroscopes to X-ray customers' feet inside shoes to check the fit. After the medical community realized that blasting consumers with unshielded radiation just to buy loafers was a terrible idea, the state banned them. You will now have to rely on pinching the toe of the shoe like everyone else.

Source & Citation

Code/Statute: RCW 70A.388.190
Revised Code of Washington - Public Health and Safety

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