- Flight attendants and pilots face the highest risk of dying from radiation-related cancer of any occupation, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.
- In the study, researchers analysed death certificate data from nearly 13 million people across 503 occupations between 2020 and 2024.
- According to researchers, almost seven per cent of deaths among flight attendants and pilots were from radiation-related cancers, higher than any of the other professions, including nuclear technologists.
- US aircrew face an estimated 3 to 6 millisieverts per year of cosmic radiation on average.
- Harvard Medical School researchers call for occupational radiation protections for aircrew members that align with their exposure levels.
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