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Military Pilots, Ground Crews Higher Cancer Rates Found

According to a Pentagon study, military pilots have higher cancer rates, and ground crews working around those aircraft are also becoming ill.

  • The study, conducted over a year, surveyed nearly 900,000 service members who flew or worked on military aircraft between 1992 and 2017.
  • Aircrew members had an 87% higher rate of melanoma, a 39% higher rate of thyroid cancer, a 16% higher rate of prostate cancer for men, and a 16% higher rate of breast cancer for women.
  • Ground crew employees had a 19% higher rate of brain and nervous system malignancies, a 15% higher rate of thyroid cancer, a 9% higher rate of renal cancers, and a 7% higher rate of breast cancer in women. 

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