The Air Force has begun to
look at whether there’s increased risk for prostate cancer among its fighter
pilots. A new investigation by McClatchy shows just how serious the problem may
be.
The fighter pilot study was
requested by Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein after he was
contacted by concerned veterans service organizations in 2018, according to the
report obtained by McClatchy.
At the heart of the Air Force
study was a question of whether extended exposure in the cockpit to radiation
may be linked to increased risk of prostate cancer.
The study said “pilots have
greater environmental exposure to ultraviolet and ionizing radiation ...
(fighter pilots) have unique intra-cockpit exposures to non-ionizing
radiation.” The Air Force study was conducted by the 711th Human Performance
Wing at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio.
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