Air passengers’ health has been “woefully neglected”, an investigation by
Britain’s House of Lords into air travel and health concludes this week. “While
the government, regulators and the industry rightly give absolute priority to
air safety, we find them all open to criticism for failing to give sufficient
active attention to health,” the Science and Technology Select Committee says.
It calls for a smoking ban on all flights, an immediate study into the risks of
deep vein thrombosis, thorough monitoring of cabin air quality and the retention
of passenger details for three months to help track carriers of infectious
diseases.…
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