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Old 10th Dec 2017, 11:12
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wiggy
 
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Radgirl will probably have the stats but the general cancer rates in the population are a bit horrible and often ignored....it's easier to focus on external factors that we think we can influence...I'll offer this as a FWIW:

Maternal Grandmother ( never flew..ever) died in the 1940s in her mid 40's from cancer.

Both of my parents died of cancer ( one pancreatic, the other bowel) before the age of each the age of 70, neither had ever flown for a living, probably been passengers for < 200 hours in their entire lifetime...

So despite over 40 years doing the day job I'm kind of reluctant to blame radiation for me winning the cancer bingo a couple of years back...third generation...what a surprise

I'm personally I think there's a lot to be said for the "healthy parents" theory and all that goes with it (but I know it's a theory that not many are keen on..)
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