Flight Attendants

A new study by Harvard researchers, which examined nearly 13 million death certificates and over 500 professions, found that pilots and flight attendants stood out in mortality rates from radiation-related cancers. The researchers emphasize: no causal link has been proven.

A study based on more than 12 million death certificates examined over 500 professions and identified two groups of workers with significantly higher mortality rates from cancers linked to high-altitude cosmic radiation. Does this risk apply to occasional flyers?