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Title: Pilots could start wearing sun visors as their lives in bright light are reveale
Post by: mhm on September 07, 2014, 04:11:52 PM

Research showed pilots were exposed to 50 times more UV than others
Study was carried out after tests on two-hour flight from Gatwick to Malaga
Two to 10 times more low-level UV-A, also known as 'blue light' got through windshield than recommended for an eight-hour flight
Skin cancer rate for pilots is double that for ordinary people

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2746655/Pilots-start-wearing-sun-visors-lives-bright-light-revealed-skin-cancer-risk.html#ixzz3CdvcDJOq
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Title: Re: Pilots could start wearing sun visors as their lives in bright light are reveale
Post by: viking9 on September 07, 2014, 05:33:20 PM

I thought pilots were "ordinary" people, though I have known a few extraordinary ones.

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Miscellaneous => Aviation News => Topic started by: mhm on September 07, 2014, 04:11:52 PM