Does Radiation Make Air Travel Dangerous?
Radiation is all around us, and when you travel by plane, you're exposed to cosmic radiation. So what does this mean for our health? Does air travel expose us ...
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Every time you fly in an airplane, you're exposed to radiation from cosmic rays, which are high energy particles from outer space. Pilots and flight attendants are even classified by the center for disease control as "radiation workers". But, does that radiation make flying dangerous? Well, no. Even if you're a frequent flyer, you probably don't have anything to worry about. See, we're all exposed to very small amounts of ionizing radiation every day, the kind that has enough energy to knock out electrons from atoms, so it can also break chemical bonds or damage DNA. But, your body's built to handle things going wrong in your cells by fixing them, or replacing any damaged cells with new ones. All this background radiation comes from radon in the air and ura...
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Every time you fly in an airplane, you're exposed to radiation from cosmic rays, which are high energy particles from outer space. Pilots and flight attendants are even classified by the center for disease control as "radiation workers". But, does that radiation make flying dangerous? Well, no. Even if you're a frequent flyer, you probably don't have anything to worry about. See, we're all exposed to very small amounts of ionizing radiation every day, the kind that has enough energy to knock out electrons from atoms, so it can also break chemical bonds or damage DNA. But, your body's built to handle things going wrong in your cells by fixing them, or replacing any damaged cells with new ones. All this background radiation comes from radon in the air and ura...
