pilots and Leukemia???
08-31-2006, 07:07 AM
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Skygirl mentioned cataracts and high altitude flying. I retired from flying with 22,000 hours, two cataracts and a detached retina. All have been fixed, thanks to modern medicine. My eye doc tells me that UV radiation at high altitude helped bring on my eye problems (which caused me to retire 2 years early). The doc says that protective eye wear is highly recommended, and not just a pair of sunglasses. Glasses without "UV 400" protection won`t help, and sunglasses without "UV 400" actually cause more harm. The shaded glass makes your iris open wider, thus allowing even more UV rays to strike your lens. BTW, I read an article in the travel section of our local paper...question and answer page. The person was conttemplating an airline trip and was concerned about high altitude radiation. The answer was " Don`t worry, a cross country flight won`t give you and more radiation than a chest x-ray"....lets see, two chest x-rays a day for 30 years...hmmmm...
08-31-2006, 05:43 PM
#12
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Originally Posted by Roll Inverted and Pull
BTW, I read an article in the travel section of our local paper...question and answer page. The person was conttemplating an airline trip and was concerned about high altitude radiation. The answer was " Don`t worry, a cross country flight won`t give you and more radiation than a chest x-ray"....lets see, two chest x-rays a day for 30 years...hmmmm...
