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Pilots, Flight Attendants Have Greater Risk of Radiation-Related Cancer Death
(
hms.harvard.edu
)
3 points
by
randycupertino
6 hours ago
1 comment
randycupertino
6 hours ago
To be clear, the issue is the altitude exposure and high ionizing cosmic radiation levels, not UV exposure. This risk is a function of the altitude, latitude, and most importantly overall time in the air.