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Air crews look at radiation risk from flying

Tuesday, July 6, 2004 Posted: 12:35 PM EDT (1635 GMT)

DALLAS, Texas (Reuters) -- Airline crews already have their hands full with concerns about stepped up security, congested airports and tipsy travelers.

One more item to add to that list may be radiation exposure.

The union for pilots at American Airlines is trying to increase awareness among air crews that they are being exposed to enough cosmic radiation to fall into a U.S. government regulated category of radiation workers.

Article: http://www.cnn.com/2004/TRAVEL/07/06/life.radiation.reut/index.html

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