Toxic air syndrome: Is there smoke without fire?

24 Aug 2010

BLM solicitor, Nicola Williams, comments on the issue of toxic air syndrome, highlighting the possibility of future legal action brought by passengers and employees, in an article published in Aviation and the Environment magazine.

 

A number of toxic 'fume events' have given rise to concerns that modern airliners' air systems – which replenish the supply of air via the engines – are damaging to the health of frequent flyers and crew. In the last year in particular, reports of pilots retiring due to ill health have given credence to a controversial medical condition termed 'toxic air syndrome'.

 

Click here to read the article. The full edition can be viewed here.

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