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Airline Passengers Exposed To Dangerous Levels Of Radiation (Picture n Video)
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health is using computer models to look into how working as a flight attendant might affect reproductive health. Arecent study in the journal Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine looked at data from 2 million flights and found that some flight attendants may exceed recommended radiation limits.
The sun regularly shoots charged particles at the Earth, especially during solar temperature tantrums. Earth’s atmosphere and magnetic field deflect most of these particles before they reach us.
“This would be uncommon, but it does happen,” says Jeri Anderson, a health physicist with NIOSH and lead author of the study. “It could be at a level that could be of concern, and in excess of the national recommended dose for a pregnant woman.” MOREHERE
