Air Flight Radiation

Air flight climb out to 39,000 feet radiation measured with Gamma Scout Geiger counter. Radiation on ground 0.10 uSv, radiation at 39,000 feet ~4.75 uSv.

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[gabigowriel]

so, at 12 km up in the sky you're 47 times more likely to have your DNA scrambled/fucked than at ground levels?

Why isn't this told on public?

[sl44er]

@gabigowriel it is public you just have to look for it :) Radiation at lower levels is not necessarily detrimental to one's health, Google "hormesis."

Airline pilot studies indicate lower rate of cancer than general population attributed to lifestyles not overweight and non smoking.  Same study indicates pilots have a higher rate of myeloid leukemia, astrocytoma, prostate cancer, and malignant melanoma. Google "Radiation Exposure Aloft -- Are You Being Nuked?", on AVweb.

[kawiixD]

How much is normal and how much is bad? If it is bad.. Is it dangerous? Please tell..

[sl44er]

@kawiixD Google Dr. Brent Blue M.D. "Radiation Exposure Aloft -- Are You Being Nuked?", article is on AVweb

[youngthugga87]

Can you please post the departure and arrival location and the carrier you used and possibly the aircraft model? Thank you

[sl44er]

@youngthugga87 sorry but I cannot provide information as to carrier. There is only one airline that travels between departure and arrival destination so I cannot provide that information because it could be used to ascertain carrier. If you are a flight attendant and thinking you were on that flight you can email me through YouTube :) The elevated radiation levels at altitude are true for all commercial flights and impendent of carrier.

[maneatingtoilets]

@kawiixD I was told by a nurse that its a similar amount of radiation you get from a chest x ray (she was vague..), and thats a fairly big blast of radiation. But I remember it was the equivalent of a few days worth of background radiation. Its not the amount that would be worrying, but the intensity over a short duration. But Its fine, pilots fly everyday and Ive never heard of anything negative happening, and I cant find any on the net. Certainly not bad if you only fly once in a while.

[mynickmynick]

wow very interesting.. do you thinkit's cosmic gamma radiation ? or coming from some sources like may be clouds electricity?

[marmaladekamikaze]

Where did you get the case for the Gamma Scout? I'd like to get one, how does it handle the accidental drops/falls?

[cipndale]

@Kolgejt77 well it is not quite correct. everything this instrument measures in this video is gamma!

[FortNikitaBullion]

Did you try putting it through the X-Ray machine at the airport?