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Risks to pregnant women in airline flight – ionising radiation

“Pregnant women are flying through solar storms all the time, and they have no idea,”

Solar storms will make airline radiation hot issue The Province, By Josh Noel, MCTMay 2, 2010 Passengers may be suspicious of the low-level radiation doses coming from full-body scanners being deployed at airports, but a far greater threat comes from the radiation that creeps into airliners while in flight.The phenomenon has been well known in scientific circles for years but has never gained much mainstream attention. That may change as the Earth enters an uptick of solar storms that are expected to peak within five years.NASA has said the amount of additional radiation during such storms can be “profound.”…..

It is widely believed that fetuses are at greatest risk, prompting the Association of Flight Attendants, an industry union, to warn flight attendants that they might want to be reassigned to a ground job while pregnant or trying to conceive.

“Pregnant women are flying through solar storms all the time, and they have no idea,” said Judith Murawski, a health and safety researcher for the AFA.” Solar storms will make airline radiation hot issue

May 3, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, radiation, radioactive