Flight Attendants Tell Congress: Airplane Cabin Air May Be Toxic - (Synergism)

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Subject:    Flight Attendants Tell Congress: Airplane Cabin Air May Be Toxic - (Synergism)
 Date:       Thu, 14 Jun 2001 07:48:07 -0400
From:        Stephen Tvedten <steve@getipm.com>
Organization:     Get Set Inc. (www.getipm.com)

To:     Paul Helliker <phelliker@cdpr.ca.gov>
          Director, State of California, Department of Pesticide Regulation 

cc:    Christine Whitman whitman.christine@epa.gov

Dear Mr. Helliker,  I thought you might like to read an article entitled: Flight Attendants Tell Congress: Airplane Cabin Air May Be Toxic - Ask Help in Removing Toxins From Cabin Air And in Cleaning Poisonous Pesticides from Aircraft, the article can be found at: http://archive.nandotimes.com/newsroom/prn/archive/data/061201/prn1540.html

 WASHINGTON, June 12 (Jun 12, 2001 15:3:12 EST) -- Flight attendants from more than 20 United States based airlines, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants, AFL-CIO, are lobbying on Capitol Hill today for better standards governing cabin air quality and to ask for help in eliminating the spraying of dangerous pesticides in the cabin on some international flights.

As a part of AFA's Legislative Committee's annual meeting, flight attendants come to Washington to educate members of Congress on a pressing issue that affect flight attendants and passengers around the world.

Currently, the National Academy of Sciences is conducting a cabin air quality study that was passed into law last year. Also, Sen. Dianne Feinstein and Rep. Jerrold Nadler are planning to introduce aircraft air quality legislation later this week.

Hydraulic fluids and engine oils can get into the aircraft's ventilation air that is pumped into the aircraft cabin. Dangerous pesticides are sprayed into the airplane cabin on all planes that fly into Australia and New Zealand. Exposure to both pesticides and contaminants in an aircraft's air supply (synergism) can have devastating health effects ranging from simple flu-like symptoms to neurological damage. Damage to infants can be especially serious in cases of pesticide exposure.

"Toxins in cabin air and the use of pesticides on aircraft are not only flight attendant issues, they are serious public health issues," said AFA International President Patricia Friend. "You wouldn't spray a can of bug killer in someone's face, but that's essentially what passengers experience on some international flights."

AFA is the largest flight attendant union in the world joining together more than 50,000 flight attendants at 28 airlines. Visit the website at http://www.afanet.org

Copyright © 2001 Nando Media

Well Mr. Helliker, here is just one more example of synergism that was not even considered when you "registered" your POISONS.

Respectfully,  Stephen L. Tvedten

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