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Pilots, Flight Attendants Top in the List of Radiation-Related Cancer Deaths
- Terr_ 2mo ago> The researchers analyzed radiation- and non-radiation-related cancers across occupations. How does that categorization usually work? Is it radiation-related by default whenever there is no obvious risk factor from genes, lifestyle, etc? Or are there certain cancers that are notably uncorrelated with radiation exposure, known from prior research to this?
- mishellaneous 2mo agoit looks from the article that some cancers are notably correlated with radiation exposure, and these were the ones they looked for. they also mention excluding lung cancer because it's also correlated with smoking.