Radiation Link In Flight Attendant's Breast Cancer, French Court Finds
A French court has for the first time recognized cosmic radiation as a contributing occupational factor in a flight attendant's breast cancer, alongside passive smoking and years of night work. The landmark ruling could open the door to similar claims from other aircrew, as research continues to link long-term high-altitude flying with elevated exposure to radiation-related cancers. The BBC…
In a historic French court decision, cosmic radiation has been recognized for the first time as a potential contributing factor to breast cancer in a flight attendant, Sophie Lainault. The ruling, which cites passive smoking and night shifts as the other carcinogenic hazards linked to her profession, could pave the way for similar claims from other aircrew.
Lainault, a former Air France stewardess, logged 12,600 flight hours between 1989 and 2019, with the majority of her time spent during night hours and long-distance high-altitude flights. Studies have shown that flight attendants and pilots face the highest radiation-related cancer mortality rates among various professions, with around 6.9% of deaths among flight attendants and 6.7% among pilots attributable to radiation-related cancers.
This landmark ruling, according to Lainault's lawyer Elizabeth Leroux, marks the first time the connection between breast cancer and certain workplace hazards has been established for air-hostesses in France.
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