Publisher's Synopsis
To most people, safety in flying means aircraft safety. But what of the danger to your "health"? Consumers have been kept in the dark for too long about the health dangers of flying, victims of the vested interests of the airlines and travel industry. This uncompromising, hard-hitting guide to the hazards of air travel opens our eyes for the first time to the health risks of flying. It will change for ever the way people think about air travel.;Until now, aviation medicine has been used exclusively for the health and fitness of airline and military pilots, while ordinary airline passengers have been kept ignorant of the serious side-effects of flying. F.S. Kahn provides this service to the ordinary consumer, explaining the health hazards of air travel, the technical causes that produce them, and offering concrete advice on how to avoid them. He provides two invaluable health checklists - one for all passengers, one for high-risk conditions - which will enable us to make a soundly based decision about whether we should fly or not. He looks at the legal rights of air travellers with regard to medical incidents occurring in flight, an area still largely unexplored by lawyers.;More and more people take air travel for granted: there are 21 million UK passenger flights every year while in the USA more and a quarter of the population flies at least once a year. "The Curse of Icarus" will be compelling reading for all consumers, as well as for doctors, psychiatrists, and flight crews.
