Tanning bed levels of radiation
12-18-2014, 08:59 AM
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Originally Posted by LightAttack
The cockpit radiation was measured in the pilot seat of a general aviation turboprop airplane through the acrylic plastic windshield at ground level and at various heights above sea level.
Not saying there isn't a risk, but I'd rather read about measurements from a large transport type plane with the normal multilayer thick wind screens.
LA Times article lays out the research results a little better, but reading the conclusions, it isn't clear what brings on the higher mortality rate for pilots vs cabin crew:
Melanoma risk is higher for flight crews that work at 40,000 feet - LA Times
Not saying there isn't a risk, but I'd rather read about measurements from a large transport type plane with the normal multilayer thick wind screens.
LA Times article lays out the research results a little better, but reading the conclusions, it isn't clear what brings on the higher mortality rate for pilots vs cabin crew:
Melanoma risk is higher for flight crews that work at 40,000 feet - LA Times
GLASS significantly reduces it.
12-18-2014, 12:08 PM
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AC120-61A:
One could fly 40 round trips between JFK and DXB and not hit 20 mSv of ionizing radiation exposure, even cruising at FL450 on every leg.
Ionizing radiation, however, is not the same thing as UVa and UVb rays...
The recommended occupational exposure limit for ionizing radiation is a 5-year average effective dose of 20 millisieverts per year, with no more than 50 millisieverts in a single year.
Ionizing radiation, however, is not the same thing as UVa and UVb rays...
12-19-2014, 05:17 AM
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Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp
This study stinks.
Oh, by the way... Ebola is going to run over the USA.
Oh, by the way... Ebola is going to run over the USA.
Regarding radiation. I slather the sunscreen. And cover the windows with as many shades as possible -- both installed (totally inadequate on Boeings) and improvised.
If you see a shadow, you're getting irradiated.
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