Originally Posted by
dartman2
Is this essentially the same issue as many 146 crew have suffered from?
The issue with the 146 was the presence of organophosphates in the form of oil mist leaking into the cabin. This lead to acute neurological issues similar to Parkinsons etc. Given the 146 are heli derived engine cores i guess similar issues might be prevalent, but would need some follow up.
The implications of mists / fumes etc on human biology still remain very uncertain, for example myeloma, sarcoma, non hodgkins lymphoma seem to have some similarities interms of having some environmental precursors. Personally i feel the proper and systematic examination of cancer / neurological condition prevelance in aircrew is long overdue. Just look back through PPrune and see the number of obituaries that list cancer and it can't all be down to hard living in the mess or on det.
yours dagenham - cancer survivor, lightness added by removing stomach and half of my liver .