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They're not. Excessive high altitude flight increases your chance of developing melanoma.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9447865/



Ok, I'll take an aisle seat more often now instead of a window seat.


Unless you fly as often as pilots and other onboard staff, it's unlikely to be significant.


If flying were invented today, I bet it wouldn't be allowed due to the radiation. It's more than many medical procedures which guidelines say to only do when the medical benefits outweigh the radiation risk.


I suppose if flying were invented today the plane would have no windows and the pilots would use cameras.


Clearly the benefits of flying outweight the radiation risks, though.




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