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2023-03-20 -Land of the Free

Military pilots and ground crews showing high rates of cancer, Pentagon study reveals

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Posted by Skidmark 2023-03-20 00:40|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 ...Not to mention years of exposure to the elements and seriously powerful electronic gear.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2023-03-20 06:45|| 2023-03-20 06:45|| Front Page Top

#2 Don't leave out government installation family housing. Uncle Sam was the biggest slum lord in America by the 70s. Just ask the Marines.

Posted by Procopius2k 2023-03-20 08:19|| 2023-03-20 08:19|| Front Page Top

#3 Wright-Patt Airbase has had it's share of chemical spills, some in housing.

Posted by Bill Greans6336 2023-03-20 09:45|| 2023-03-20 09:45|| Front Page Top

#4 Think of all of those chemical solvents used to clean military equipment draining into the water table over the decades.

Posted by magpie 2023-03-20 10:25|| 2023-03-20 10:25|| Front Page Top

#5 Camp LeJeune lawyers just getting started...

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-03-20 10:26|| 2023-03-20 10:26|| Front Page Top

#6 Accepting all those previous comments, and recognizing al the chemical hazards, I wonder if there's another agenda here.

The overall rate for cancers of all types was 3% higher, the AP noted.

Posted by Bobby 2023-03-20 18:14|| 2023-03-20 18:14|| Front Page Top

#7 ^ #5

Posted by Frank G 2023-03-20 18:25|| 2023-03-20 18:25|| Front Page Top

#8 The rates of cancer among flight crews have been higher for decades. This is not new.

Posted by 49 Pan 2023-03-20 20:09|| 2023-03-20 20:09|| Front Page Top

#9
"But in a yearlong study of almost 900,000 service members who flew on or worked on military aircraft between 1992 and 2017, the Pentagon found that air crew members had an 87% higher rate of melanoma and a 39% higher rate of thyroid cancer...."

"The military health system database used in the study did not have reliable cancer data until 1990 — so it may not have included pilots who flew early-generation jets in the prior decades."

This lack of concern went on far too long.

Posted by DooDahMan 2023-03-20 20:13|| 2023-03-20 20:13|| Front Page Top

#10 I recall the British Airways did exposure tests on Concorde pilots and found they had to limit flight crew time based on exposure to radiation at altitude. The pilots etc were getting more dosage than was permitted for Nuke plant workers.

Posted by ed in texas 2023-03-20 20:44|| 2023-03-20 20:44|| Front Page Top

#11 The rates of cancer among flight crews

Smog is your friend.

Posted by Skidmark 2023-03-20 22:19|| 2023-03-20 22:19|| Front Page Top

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