I remember a caution for travelers in the Andes that caucasian women cannot survive childbirth above 10,000 feet or maybe the child can't. Don't remember which.
Kirk -----Original Message----- From: Alan S. Petrillo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 2:56 AM To: biofuel Subject: [biofuel] Re: More cowflops Harmon Seaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "F. Marc de Piolenc" wrote: > > > - commercial aviators experience exposure levels in excess of NRC > > standards; if they were under NRC jurisdiction they would all have to > > retire early, having exceeded allowable "life doses" that are based on > > precisely the arguments that you adduce. > > And your explanation of why pregnant stewardesses,passengers, and > pilots are warned against flying by the FAA and other authorities. and even > banned by major airlines is what? They specifically site the radiation > danger. Try doing a google search on pregnant & radiation & airline. Actually, the biggest danger to pregnant women who fly is not radiation, but pressure changes. Going from near sea level to 8000' cabin pressure altitude is quite stressful on the body in itself, but sitting there for an extended period of time and then going back down to near sea level are really very stressful. This pressure change has been known to cause miscarriages, particularly in pregnancies that were already considered to be high risk. Add to this the lowered oxygen content of air at 8000' and you have the recipe for a real potential problem. Pregnant women are really in much more danger from the pressure changes of altitude, and from the airplane itself than they are from the miniscule radiation dose they will be exposed to. The reason some airlines won't take pregnant women past their second trimester is more one of liability than anything else. They won't fly pregnant women who are that far along because they don't want to pay the extra money their insurance companies want in order to allow it in their liability policies. Also, in the event of an emergency evacuation heavily pregnant women might have trouble moving to the exits quickly or using the emergency equipment. Alan Petrillo -- Aviation is more than a hobby. It is more than a job. It is more than a career. Aviation is a way of life. A second language for the world: www.esperanto.org Processor cycles are a terrible thing to waste. www.distributed.net Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.265 / Virus Database: 137 - Release Date: 7/18/2001 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Small business owners... Tell us what you think! http://us.click.yahoo.com/vO1FAB/txzCAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
