• Pentagon assesses cancer risks for US pilots

    2 days ago - By RT

    A study has found that military air crews suffer high rates of melanoma and other cancers
    US military aviators contract various forms of cancer far more frequently than Americans at large, a long-awaited Pentagon study has revealed, confirming the suspicions of pilots and surviving family members who had long suggested that their disease and death rates seemed unusually high.
    The investigation , which was reported by media outlets on Sunday, found that overall cancer rates were 24% above normal for members of air crews who served between 1992 and 2017. Rates were 87% higher than average...
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