It looks like a bargain - a cheap flight to the sun. But for thousands it is a one-way ticket to cancer.
The boom in cheap air travel is not only harming the environment but also the health of the millions who fly in search of summer warmth.
Soaring rates of skin cancer were blamed yesterday on the British penchant for holidays abroad involving long periods lying on the beach. Exposing large areas of pallid flesh to the midday sun is the surest way of triggering the lethal form of skin cancer known as malignant melanoma.
1) people wish to behave stupidly
2) low cost aviation brings them the opportunity
3) they do behave stupidly
4) they get sick
5) the fault is with the low-cost carriers
The stupid behaviour in this case being to loo long under too much sunshine, without adequate protection. What's next? People sueing airlines for their mediterranean diarrhoe? "If you hadn't tempted me to flying to to Turkey with your low fares and glossy ads, I'd be in good health now!" Bah bah bah.
earthman wrote:Didn't the dinosaurs go extinct because of aviation?
Well it's said that they got extinct beacuse of the CRASH of a Asteroidbus 360-200 on the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico.
So yes, we could blame the extinction of the dinosaurs on aviation.
Many Asteroidbusses still fly around these days. Actually the Asteroidbusses is known to make a lot of noice and smoke when on final approach. Therefore Wiloo wants to have them banned them from Ostend Airport.
Forgive me, it's Friday afternoon, it was a though week and I'm fed up!
Cheers,
Stij
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Yet another stupid british study about linkages that exist between X and Y without looking at the context or other parameters that might have more influence!
cheap air travel is a factor
