Climate News Now‘He Was Poisoned.’ Toxic Fumes on Planes Blamed for Deaths of Pilots and Crew.
Doctors and researchers increasingly see a link between exposures to contaminated cabin air and fatal illnesses. #ClimateChange
RhyothemisInteresting article -
#2badItsPaywalled
(and also, it isn't about climate change)
Here's an open access academic article about toxic airplane cabin air -
Burden of Proof: The Debate Surrounding Aerotoxic Syndrome [2022]
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9452852/
"... some manufacturers developed a safer alternative. Boeing Aircraft introduced a new air intake system for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, which does not use bleed air to supply the cabin; instead, air intakes have been mounted along the root of the front wings, thereby reducing the risk of contamination."
#AerotoxicSyndrome #AirTravel #OccupationalHealth #organophosphates #AirPollution
Burden of Proof: The Debate Surrounding Aerotoxic Syndrome
Since the 1980s, some commercial airline pilots and flight crews in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia began to report an illness they believed was caused by exposure to contaminated cabin air. Despite a body of scientific research and ...