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Re:Low dose radiation cancer 2x worse than predicted by LNT ... by tenpies on Friday August 18, 2023 @02:10PM (#37179765)
Since we're on this topic, there also seems to be enough evidence to suggest you should wear sun screen when flying.

> Pilots and cabin crew have approximately twice the incidence of melanoma compared with the general population. Further research on mechanisms and optimal occupational protection is needed.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4482339

As someone who enjoys looking out the window, I treat it much like going to the beach and re-apply sun screen in longer flights.

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Re:Low dose radiation cancer 2x worse than predicted by LNT ... by e93849 on Friday August 18, 2023 @03:23PM (#37180780)
Glass will block most UV light, so maybe the melanoma is from the cosmic rays? Not sure if sunscreen helps with that.
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Re:Low dose radiation cancer 2x worse than predicted by LNT ... by bhk on Friday August 18, 2023 @03:27PM (#37180838)
Sunscreen blocks UV, not cosmic rays, which is the radiation for which jetliner passengers receive an unusually high dose. The glass in the windows probably blocks 75% of UV, and UV exposure is associated with other types of skin cancer, not melanoma (except in cases where one has a history of bad sunburns). In fact, in this review, melanoma is said to be inversely correlated with occupational exposure to UV:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9335442/

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Re:Low dose radiation cancer 2x worse than predicted by LNT ... by gnulinux on Friday August 18, 2023 @04:24PM (#37181599)
Sunscreen doesn't block cosmic rays, those are high energy atomic nucleus (that are normally filtered out by the atmosphere), not high energy photons/light (that end up on beaches). Did you previously find scholarly studies that suggest wearing sunscreen helps with melanoma, or did you just see high melanoma incidence rate in frequent flyers, and assumed sunscreen will help?
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