Re: In Flight Radiation

["dkosloff1" <dkosloff1@email.msn.com>]

Some of the Nader folks started educating the public about in-flight
radiation several years ago in the Consumer Reports Health Newsletter dated
June 1991 in an article called "Fear of Flying:  Cosmic Radiation" subtitled
"Studies show that air travelers are showered with cosmic rays.  Is it time
to start riding the rails?"

Their bottom line:  "The occasional flier, however, has little to worry
about."

How they got there:  "There's no direct proof that exposure to 900 millirems
of radiation, still a relatively low level, would actually cause cancer."
They also have a chart which shows the "Main sources of radiation" to be
"Radon in the air", "Diagnostic X-rays", "Food and water", "Soil, rocks" and
"Cosmic rays".  The chard shows 8.0 mrem for a London to LA flight and 2.9
mrem for an SF to  Chicago flight.

Don Kosloff dkosloff1@msn.com
2910 Main St, Perry Oh 44081

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