(ORDO NEWS) — The Pentagon study found high rates of cancer among military pilots and showed for the first time that the ground crews who refuel, maintain and launch these planes also get sick.
This data has long been sought after by retired military pilots, who have raised the alarm for years about the number of aircrew and ground crew members who have had cancer.
They were told that earlier military research had shown they were not at any greater risk than the general US population.
Nearly 900,000 military personnel who flew or worked for military aircraft between 1992 and 2017 were studied.
The Pentagon found that aircrew members had an 87% higher incidence of melanoma and a 39% higher incidence of thyroid cancer.
Men have a 16% higher incidence of prostate cancer, and women have a 16% higher incidence of breast cancer.
Overall, flight crews have a 24% higher incidence of all types of cancer.
The study also found that ground crews had a 19 percent higher incidence of brain and nervous system cancer, a 15 percent higher incidence of thyroid cancer, and a nine percent higher incidence of kidney or kidney cancer, while women had a seven percent higher incidence of cancer. mammary gland.
The overall rate of cancer of all types was 3 percent higher.
Now the Pentagon has yet another study to try to understand why aircrews are getting sick.
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