The Workplace Hazard of Radiation—For Flight Crews

Public Health On Call by The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Aug 20, 202618:08Society & Culture

About this episode: Long flights at high altitudes can expose pilots and flight attendants to dangerous levels of cosmic radiation over their careers, potentially increasing their risk for a variety of cancers and posing...

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