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sesquipedalian 3 points ago +3 / -0

"Some astronauts, veterans of long space missions, have "significant chromosome aberrations" in their blood cells."

I'm no expert, but that doesn't sound like good news. Hazard pay please.

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DanTheComputerMan 3 points ago +3 / -0

I was reading somewhere about airline workers being "radiation workers"

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sesquipedalian 3 points ago +3 / -0

Makes sense, as it's our atmosphere's job to reflect off the suns radiation, and there is less of it between you and the sun up there.

https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/aircrew/cosmicionizingradiation.html

"The National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements reported that aircrew have the largest average annual effective dose (3.07 mSv) of all US radiation-exposed workers."