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Pilots, Flight Attendants Face Highest Radiation-Cancer Death Risk

Published 18 August 2026

A large study of more than 12.7 million U.S. deaths has found that pilots and flight attendants have the highest proportion of deaths from cancers associated with radiation exposure, strengthening a long-held concern about occupational hazards for aircrew.

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