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Re:The World's First 20-Hour Airline Flight by kmlx on Friday October 18, 2019 @06:36AM (#21290169)
one London to NYC flight is around 400 bananas worth of radiation. which is still very low, especially compared to x-rays: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_equivalent_dose#/medi...
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Re:The World's First 20-Hour Airline Flight by not_a_moth on Friday October 18, 2019 @09:20AM (#21291112)
That chart you linked states in the middle that 1 flight from NY to LA equals 3 chest x-rays.

Don't know how you did your math.

If NY to LA is 3 chest x-rays, imagine 3x as long at a higher altitude and higher latitude.

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