RESEND: Cosmic radiation spurs U.S. air crews to action

[RadiumProj@cs.com]

Hi:
I am resending the following email sent earlier since I had inserted the word 
"F*R*O*M"  [without the *s] and the bulk of the email had not been posted.
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Subj:   Cosmic radiation spurs U.S. air crews to action
Date:   12/27/00 5:23:51 PM Eastern Standard Time
F**rom: RadiumProj (Stewart Farber)
To: radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu

Dear colleagues:
An interesting article is reproduced, in part, below about Cosmic radiation 
developments and US air crews. A hyperlink is listed at the end of the 
introductory text for those interested in the entire AP story. I would 
suggest that recognition that airline crews are among the highest ionizing 
radiation exposed occupational workers, and that passengers receive 
ubiquitous exposure,  would work to provide some leveling of the playing 
field regarding public phobia about radiation exposure.

Stewart Farber
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As noted in an AP story:
Cosmic radiation spurs U.S. air crews to action

Wednesday, December 27, 2000
By United Press International

New findings about exposure to cosmic radiation are fueling efforts among 
U.S. airline crews to secure regulatory protection similar to that mandated 
in the European Union. According the British journal The Lancet, flight crews 
and others who fly frequently are being exposed to enough cosmic radiation to 
cause slightly higher than average rates of acute myeloid leukemia and 
myelodysplasia, both cancerous disorders of the bone marrow. "Until 
relatively recently, pilots have been unaware of the problem of cosmic 
radiation and flying," said American Airline pilot Joyce May. Other recent 
studies point to the problem as well, however, which the European Community 
has been on the forefront of addressing, said May. But while the Federal 
Aviation Authority acknowledged as early as 1967 that airline crews receive 
the among the highest doses of radiation on the job, said May, "American 
regulatory authority lags behind Europe in monitoring and regulating 
exposure."

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