Category - Radiation

Sunglasses for pilots

By:  Ronald W. Montgomery, B.S Van B. Nakagawara, O.D.  Sunglasses help safeguard a pilot’s most important sensory asset – vision. A quality pair of sunglasses is essential n the cockpit environment to optimize ormance...

Cataract studies on pilots

Cosmic radiation can be a contributing factor in the formation of cataracts in the eyes of professional pilots. RADIATION CAN HAVE AN EFFECT ON HEALTH Pilots, and all those on board an aircraft, are exposed to ionising...

Radiation

RADIATION What and where is radiation, what are the effects of radiation on the human body, how much radiation are we exposed to and what can we do to minimise our exposure? An attempt will be made to answer these...