Yes, stewardesses have been shown to have increased rates of breast cancer. This is probably true of anyone that spends a lot of time at high altitudes. Spending hours in the air gives radiation exposure equivalent to getting some x-rays.
Delta was also giving their employees uniforms treated with formaldehyde in the last few years. Apparently this is a practice done with some uniforms to keep them looking new. That was also causing health issues.
a lot of scientists believe that it's a double-whammy bonus points type situation, microgravity plus random radiation minus the earths natural barriers
i wonder how many of these guys have high cancer rates from all that exposure beyond the atmosphere
the secret to space travel will be radiation resistance
We'll become immune to it if we can survive in space for about 10 generations ;/ - we may not even be human anymore thereafter.
ISS is below the Van Allen belts, the additional radiation exposure is not as high as you'd think.
https://www.nasa.gov/vision/space/livinginspace/09may_mysteriouscancer.html
https://wccftech.com/spacexs-multimillion-dollar-nasa-contract-to-let-agency-study-dangerous-solar-radiation/
check this shit out this is crazy
i'm pretty sure i've seen studies about airline workers having increased cancer rates just from being up in the sky...
Yes, stewardesses have been shown to have increased rates of breast cancer. This is probably true of anyone that spends a lot of time at high altitudes. Spending hours in the air gives radiation exposure equivalent to getting some x-rays.
Delta was also giving their employees uniforms treated with formaldehyde in the last few years. Apparently this is a practice done with some uniforms to keep them looking new. That was also causing health issues.
I don't think they pass through the radiation bands.
Nvm, they do, but very shortly and very low radiation doses.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=NEwMM0REZJQ
https://www.nasa.gov/vision/space/livinginspace/09may_mysteriouscancer.html
I'm no expert, but that doesn't sound like good news. Hazard pay please.
I was reading somewhere about airline workers being "radiation workers"
You dont have to go through the radiation bands to get messed up.. here's some random article about concerns https://phys.org/news/2014-02-microgravity-exposure-health-astronauts.html#:~:text=Astronauts%20floating%20weightlessly%20in%20the%20International%20Space%20Station,exposure%20add%20up%20to%20pose%20serious%20health%20risks.
Ooh, didn't know about the micro gravity altering gene expression.
Any idea how the micro 7 study turned out?
i cant find anything about it. only that they were awarded a contract https://wccftech.com/spacexs-multimillion-dollar-nasa-contract-to-let-agency-study-dangerous-solar-radiation/
I think at this altitude bone density loss is the bigger risk for these guys, but I'm sure there are people who know a lot more about it than me.
https://www.nasa.gov/vision/space/livinginspace/09may_mysteriouscancer.html
a lot of scientists believe that it's a double-whammy bonus points type situation, microgravity plus random radiation minus the earths natural barriers
oof that's rough
still worth it IMO