Are cancer rates higher near airports?

An early health risk assessment by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) of Chicago's Midway Airport found that aircraft engines could be responsible for 10.5 percent of projected cancer cases attributable to air pollution among residents who would live within 16 square miles of the airport for an average of ...



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I would put a 15 mile radius as a rule of thumb to be 99% OK and about 25 miles to be 100% good. Remember there is always some low flying inbound flight in a bad weather day and likewise about 5% case outbound overloaded 747 and such make a big sound, but they are the exception and not the norm.

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Flying on commercial airlines is usually very safe for people with cancer who are stable, reasonably healed from any surgeries, and do not have a very low white blood cell count or platelet level due to chemotherapy.

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