beep@piefed.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agoOf more than 500 occupations in the United States, flight attendants and pilots have the highest and second-highest proportion of radiation-related cancer deaths, a new study has found.hms.harvard.eduexternal-linkmessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up155file-text
arrow-up155external-linkOf more than 500 occupations in the United States, flight attendants and pilots have the highest and second-highest proportion of radiation-related cancer deaths, a new study has found.hms.harvard.edubeep@piefed.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square5linkfedilinkfile-text
cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/scientificarticles/p/1341097/pilots-flight-attendants-have-greater-risk-of-radiation-related-cancer-death-than-other
minus-squareAtelopus-zeteki@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up16·17 days agoI"m surprised this hasn’t been reported before. Spending much of one’s life at 30K ft, inside an aluminum tube would be expected to expose one to significant cosmic rays. So I DDG’d it, here’s a few links: Cosmic Radiation Dose with Altitude Calculator https://codingace.net/physics/cosmic_radiation_dose_with.html Flight Crews and Radiation Exposure https://www.versantphysics.com/2024/03/27/flight-crews-and-radiation-exposure/ Facts About Radiation from Air Travel https://www.cdc.gov/radiation-health/data-research/facts-stats/air-travel.html
I"m surprised this hasn’t been reported before. Spending much of one’s life at 30K ft, inside an aluminum tube would be expected to expose one to significant cosmic rays.
So I DDG’d it, here’s a few links:
Cosmic Radiation Dose with Altitude Calculator https://codingace.net/physics/cosmic_radiation_dose_with.html
Flight Crews and Radiation Exposure https://www.versantphysics.com/2024/03/27/flight-crews-and-radiation-exposure/
Facts About Radiation from Air Travel https://www.cdc.gov/radiation-health/data-research/facts-stats/air-travel.html