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'Galactic Cosmic Rays' Threaten Fliers Health, Scientist Claims

First Posted: 08/18/11 10:28 AM ET Updated: 10/18/11 06:12 AM ET

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A British solar scientist is warning long haul fliers that they may be subjected to cancer causing cell damage on flights near the poles due to an increasing number of solar energetic particles and galactic cosmic rays.

The alert, which sounds like something out of an early James Bond film, is based on shifts in solar weather

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A British solar scientist is warning long haul fliers that they may be subjected to cancer causing cell damage on flights near the poles due to an increasing number of solar energetic particles and ga...
A British solar scientist is warning long haul fliers that they may be subjected to cancer causing cell damage on flights near the poles due to an increasing number of solar energetic particles and ga...
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Rooster Coburn
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10:09 AM on 08/19/2011
Hmm, so the solar weather can "shift" without human intervention and in a very short time period, too.
Maybe Earth's weather can do likewise, as in climate change. Of course, maybe solar weather influences terrestrial weather too.
"The alert, which sounds like something out of an early James Bond film, is based on shifts in solar weather."
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sam ella
Gee, Brain. What are we going to do tonight?
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09:58 AM on 08/19/2011
we should make lead planes lol :)
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idonthinkso
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11:51 PM on 08/18/2011
between fallout from fukushima, solar storms, darpa's energy beam tests, and that darn comet/asteroid/brown dwarf getting close i'm getting the harley i've put off for years.
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11:59 AM on 08/18/2011
Just wait until next year...you ain't seen nothin yet.
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