Re: Report: Pilots receive more radiation than nuclear plant workers

["Schoenhofer" <schoenho@via.at>]

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> Von: Sandy Perle <sandyfl@ix.netcom.com>
> An: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
> Betreff: Report: Pilots receive more radiation than nuclear plant workers
> Datum: Sonntag, 12. Oktober 1997 16:27
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> I thought that this article would be of general interest to the 
> members...
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>   TOKYO, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Pilots and crews on international  
> flights are pelted with yearly doses of radiation about three 
> times higher than those received by workers at nuclear plants, a
> Japanese daily reported on Sunday. 



This is nothing new and has been known for many years, if not decades!!!!!

Why is this now put forward? 

Franz