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# Toxic Cabin Air

Toxic Air Exposure in Airline cabins

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- [A Pilots Story](https://toxiccabinair.com/a-pilots-story/) - Experiences of a pilot and how he discovered Toxic Cabin Air or Aerotoxic syndrome.
- [Fume Event 2](https://toxiccabinair.com/fume-event-2/) - Content here…
- [Fume Event 1](https://toxiccabinair.com/fume-event-1/) - Content here...
- [Recovery Resources](https://toxiccabinair.com/recovery-resources-2/) - Resources for Health and Sources of Information True North Health (Distilled water fast) Dr. Alan Goldhamer, D.C. 1551 Pacific Ave. Santa Rosa,CA 95404 www.healthpromoting.com www.orthopathy.net International Hygienic Physicians who Support fasting out toxins Regency Health Spa (Distilled water fasting and juicing fast) Hallandale Beach Fl www.regencyhealthspa.com Judith Murawski Anderson Industrial Hygienist Association of Flight Attnedants-CWA,
- [Fellow Sufferer](https://toxiccabinair.com/fellow-sufferer/) - My husband has aerotoxic syndrome and after many years of misdiagnosis and chronic ill health he finally went to see Dr William Rea at the Environmental Health Centre in Dallas, Texas in Dec 2012. He has been following Dr Rea's comprehensive protocols for 18 months now and slowly but surely things are improving and his test results are showing massive improvements in some areas
- [What a Spouse Needs to Know](https://toxiccabinair.com/what-a-spouse-needs-to-know/) - IF YOU ARE THE SPOUSE OR LOVED ONE OF SOMEONE YOU SUSPECT MAY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO TOXIC CABIN AIR OR A FUME EVENT, PLEASE READ THIS
- [Personal Testimony: For Better or Worse, A Flight Attendant’s Fight with Toxic Fumes](https://toxiccabinair.com/personal-testimony-for-better-or-worse-a-flight-attendants-fight-with-toxic-fumes/) - Written by Anna Denney-Sandefer For 27 years I was an International Flight Attendant for a Major Airline. Things seemed normal, although as my seniority increased, my health problems increased also and I had more difficulties. Then one day in June of 2006, while at work on a plane, that was at the gate ... waiting out a storm, I was asked to open up the rear cabin door. After a long hot day, the air was thick with the tarmac fumes. As I was standing there by the door, I breathed in what I thought was a bug. After a few minutes a headache started, on the right side of my head, above my ear. It was as sharp intense pain. Flu like symptoms started. My eyelids seemed hot and I had a sore throat. I became nauseous feeling and sick to my stomach. Soon after that lightening strikes started and,for a then unknown reason,I felt light headed to the point of giddylaughter at the lightning whilestanding next to an open door. In an hour or so, I felt worse. I felt weak and had some difficulties breathing when I pushed the cart up the isle. I thought I had developed a very bad flu. I continued on the flight, feeling badly the entire trip. When I returned home I reported the incident. I was in bed for days with no energy and flu symptoms and felt depressed. I went to my doctor. I know now that he was not familiar with what had happened to me, and at the time I did not realize what had happened. They treated me for breathing problems and gave an inhaler. After two weeks of treatment from my primary care doctor, my Doctor told me to go the industrial company doctor. This “flu” went on for weeks, and continued to get worse. Then other problems started which frightened me. At times I would get uncontrollable shaking in my left hand. It would last for fifteen seconds to about a minute. I did not know what was causing it. When I went to the company doctor he said, after an exam and chest x-rays, that I was fine, and I could return to work. The symptoms were changing, I was now dragging my feet and having difficulties completing sentences, and even thoughts. My husband noticed immediately, I was not thinking clearly and was just getting frustrated at my inability to think and comprehend. “There were times when mentally I did not think I would make it through another day.” Then I heard about TCP, and toxic fumes on airplanes. TCP is a chemical found in Hydraulic Oil and engine oil. Hydraulic oil is in every airplane engine and some APUs. When this hydraulic oil is heated by the engine it becomes very toxic. I found out that leaks can cause these burnt fumes to be able to get in to the cabin through the air intake system. I then discovered there was a leak in the rear APU on the plane I was on the day of the lightening storm when I had thought I had breathed in a bug and then gotten the flu. I later found out that hydraulic oil was coming out of it at a rate that caused the company to replace the whole APU weeks later. I now know that this toxic burnt hydraulic oil went though my digestive system, neurological system, and parts of my brain. My energy disappeared. Most days I became very tired early in the day. I was taking naps all times of the day and night. I did not feel better. My hand continued to shake on occasion. I could not carry on conversations. I began avoiding social contacts because it was frustrating and I felt embarrassed. I went to the emergency room one day with severe digestive problems. One day about two weeks later, my shortness of breath became so bad and my chest hurt that I found myself on the floor about to pass out. I called my husband at work and he called the neighbors and paramedics. Later in the day I was hospitalized I was in the cardiac unit for four days. Again at the time the doctors were unsure of the cause. I later found that the toxins can cause problems with internal systems. After several days in the hospital I was diagnosed with pleuro-pericarditis. It was caught in time. Again, later, I was told that the toxins in my system could cause the body think it is being attacked and cause the pericarditis. After MRIs and PET scans, and many visits to doctors, I was diagnosed with toxic encephalopathy, a brain injury. My head would feel like it was tingling on one side for no reason at times, it usually was accompanied by headaches. My neurologist prescribed nitroglycerine paste to open up the blood vessels in my head. He hoped that the physical damage to the vessels and the brain could be repaired or improved with increased blood flow. The toxins had caused vessels in my head to shrivel. For over a year and a half, I fought these and other symptoms. There were times when I could not form a sentence, or I would start talking and get frustrated and angry. There were times when I hurt so bad all over like I had been beaten up. There were times when mentally I did not think I would make it through another day. Some days I would sleep for six hours in the middle of the day. Some days I felt I was going crazy, because I could not remember what I was doing, or why. I continued to search for answers, and the right medical advice. Some medical doctors told me I had everything from Lupus to MS to forms of Dementia and Fibromyalgia. My neurologist told me on the right side of my head it looked like the veins of an eighty five year old. The brain scans (MRI and PET) showed brain injury. A neurophysiologist told me I had permanent brain damage and would have to ‘retrain’ part of my brain. Walking down my steps at home I would shake like I had MS. The prescriptions were so many, they were filling up a large wastebasket. As I read more and learned more, I discovered this has been an ongoing problem in the airline community. It was not publicized. In my situation, because of the large dose of heated hydraulic oil I inhaled, there were immediate, and serious results. But these symptoms can be cumulative also, and they can be just as devastating. My husband and I spent many hours searching the web. All of my symptoms fit toxic poisoning from TCP. “… I felt an almost miraculous improvement.” After more than 20 months of looking for a solution, I found the following has helped me the most. My neurologist sent me to a doctor that treated many people with different types toxic exposures. I was told that the body will heal itself if you give it a chance under the right conditions. The basic conditions being no stress and plenty of rest. The place I went was True North Health, in Santa Rosa, California. This is where, under Medical Doctors supervision 24 hours around the clock, I underwent an extended distilled water fast. I stopped all prescription drugs, before the fast. One important point to remember, toxins such as TCP are carried in the fat cells of the body, and that includes in, and though the brain. If the fat cells leave, so do many of the toxins, but unfortunately not all. The fog in my head started lifting on the 4th and 5th day of the fast. I called my husband daily. He told me he could tell the difference within several days. He felt that he was beginning to get me back. After I returned from the fast he told me that it made a huge difference in me. I could tell I could think much better, I felt better and was not as tired. The shaking of the left hand has stopped. In the 20 months after the exposure and after doctors and treatments, and after the 12 day distilled water fast I felt an almost miraculous improvement. I felt better than I had in a very long time. I am still not 100% but I am feeling that I on the road to 100%. I still can not communicate as well as I once did. I still get extremely frustrated and often angry at not being able to make what used to be simple decisions. In the end of this year, I will be doing another fast. I have changed my diet dramatically also. I try to stick to a diet that consists of basically raw and some steamed fruits and vegetables, beans and rice, and that is it. Some herbal teas and lots of water each day. When I do, I can tell it has an effect on me. The opposite is true also, if I do not stick to this diet, I feel more frustrated and physically I feel more fatigued. There are numerous books out there on the subject and many natural nutritionists to help guide you. The basics are easy. Greens are very important to wash the body of toxins. Steamed Kale is one of the best greens to clean out the whole system of toxins. Wheatgrass shots are also very good. I stay away from Dairy products of any kind. Dairy is a big no. Just remember when you are tempted by dairy products, where dairy comes from, and how cheese is made. Walk and or workout as much as you can. Any form of exercise to get the blood flowing helps move the TCP out of the body. After a year of being ill, and not doing much physical activity, I started walking. At 7:00 AM every morning I would walk with a neighbor friend, and sometimes on my own. Some days I could not walk but a block or two, seriously, and some days I could walk a good 3 miles. Then I tried 2 times a day. It is a great feeling once you do it. To sum it up there are ways to get better. There are doctors that will help you. Start with Doctor Alan Goldhammer at True North Health. The water fast is the fastest and the most thorough way to remove TCP, and other toxins. Read what you can on the internet so you will understand what has happened to you. If you can understand why you feel the way you do, and why you have mental and communication problems, it will at least help you get through it and motivate you to try to get better. I may never be the same, but I know I am better, and my husband knows I am better. He has had to be very patient with me, and he still does. But he has made it a project of his to read and understand what happened to me. It has helped us both move forward. Please pass the word on. Do not think for a nanosecond that this is not effecting the flying public and most crew members. Also, I had major help from my husband in organizing my thoughts and writing this article. I still have some trouble with phrasing thoughts correctly. He is my ghost writer. Please educate yourself by going to the below websites and linking to sites internationally where pilots have spoken out about it. Recently articles and research have indicated possibly more serious effects from a combination of TCP and other toxins in the air on airliners. Please keep informed. www.toxiccabinair.com in the USA www.aerotoxic.org in the UK Those sites reference many more sites. PLEASE take the time to research them. Thank You, Anna Denney-Sandefer 29 April 2009 Anna's testimonials on two health spas she visited for water and juice fasting The Regency Health Spa is good for the Juice Fasts and getting back on track for eating healthy. I did a juice fast at the Regency Spa. It was every good and enjoyable for the time I was there. The ocean front rooms and the staff are there for you. The food is the best Vegetarian food I have had on the East coast. Chef John Nowakowski worked as an executive chef with the Marriot Corporation for 24 years. His passion turned to Vegetarian cuisine, and his food is excellent. The spa has a workout room, and all kinds of classes. It needs some more renovation. Dr. Sabitino's lectures are very informative on the health issues and food problems around the globe. I know the True North Health Health Spa in Santa Rosa California did not get in touch with you on advertising on your website, but if you are going to advertise for water fasting, True North Health is much better equipped to do that sort of fast. The staff there will look in on you twice a day and the doctor is there 24 and 7, with a bell by your bed. So if some one is very ill, then they need to go to True North Health to get better. Dr. Alan Goldhammer has been doing over looking water fasts for over 25 years: some as long as 40 to 70 days in length. The cost between the 2 spas is surprising. The True North Health is less than the one in Hallandale Florida. The distilled water fast is serious business. If someone is in serious bad health I would recommend the True North Health in Santa Rosa California.
- [Think you have been exposed to oil fumes on an aircraft?](https://toxiccabinair.com/think-you-have-been-exposed-to-oil-fumes-on-an-aircraft/) - FIND OUT. GET TESTED. (NOTICE: this procedure is not available and has been disallowed. We are leaving it here to demonstrate what was attempted to be set up for testing potential exposure through a flight attendant union, but rejected) Click here for all four forms you will need to have your blood analyzed for at least one form of the neurotoxic engine oil additives called tricresyl phosphates. To have your blood tested, it must be drawn within 48 hours of suspected/confirmed exposure to aviation engine oil fumes. Note that the University of Nebraska research team cannot know the identity of the blood donor (crew member/passenger), so the blood sample must be coded and shipped by a physician/laboratory staff. If you would like to send a blood sample, here are step-by-step instructions: 1) Read this letter; 2) Take the blood draw/shipping instructions and blood test requisition form to a doctor or lab.
- [Doctor's guide to pesticide exposure](https://toxiccabinair.com/doctor-s-guide-to-pesticide-exposure/) - Treating toxic exposure
- [Please donate to help blood testing for toxins](https://toxiccabinair.com/please-donate-to-help-blood-testing-for-toxins-2/) - https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/toxic-oil-fumes-onboard-give-ten-get-ten#/ Friends Don’t Let Friends Breathe Oil Fumes on Aircraft: GIVE TEN, GET TEN Calling everyone who flies: join our GIVE TEN, GET TEN campaign to make air travel healthier. GIVE $10 (or 10 of any currency) to a university research team to develop a blood test for airline crews and passengers (read on...). GET 10 of your Facebook friends (or any friends, or even people you don't like!) to do the same... Ever smelled dirty socks during an airline flight? A dirty socks smell coming from the aircraft air supply vents is likely to be engine oil fumes in the ventilation air. You read that right: the air that comes through the cabin and flight deck vents is first compressed in the engines, and it isn’t filtered before you breathe it. Many crew unions around the world receive regular reports from members who report dirty socks or musty fumes in the cabin supply air, followed by problems with memory, balance, and speech, for example. Nobody thinks it will happen to them, until it does. Every day, just in the US alone, there is an official report of toxic oil fumes contaminating the air you breathe on regular commercial flights. Let alone the many more reports documented around the globe. Aviation engine oils contain neurotoxic additives, so breathing the fumes can cause lasting damage to your brain. Also, flight safety can be compromised when crews are impaired inflight. You will meet some affected crewmembers in our video.
- [Flight Attendants Sue-Update](https://toxiccabinair.com/flight-attendants-sue-update/) - Flight Attendants Sue over Toxic Exposure Injuries
- [Boeing sued over toxic cabin air](https://toxiccabinair.com/bleed-air-lawsuit-2/) - A law suit has been filed against Boeing for known design defects which allow toxic fumes to enter the cabin of the airplane.. Boeing is not the only aircraft designed this way. Read other articles on this website for the history behind toxic cabin air and aerotoxic syndrome.
- [Boeing sued over toxic cabin air](https://toxiccabinair.com/bleed-air-lawsuit-3/) - A law suit has been filed against Boeing for known design defects which allow toxic fumes to enter the cabin of the airplane.. Boeing is not the only aircraft designed this way. Read other articles on this website for the history behind toxic cabin air and aerotoxic syndrome.
- [Passengers Evacuate Smoke Filled Cabin in Denver](https://toxiccabinair.com/emergency-landing-due-to-smoke-in-cabin/) - On March 4, 2015 U.S. Airways fiight from Charlotte to Denver had to be evacuated when smoke filled the cabin. ABC NEWS click here.
- [Pilot's Autopsy reveals death due to toxins in cabin air](https://toxiccabinair.com/organo-phosphates-contribute-to-pilot-s-death/) - A coroner in Great Britain has filed a document entitled "REPORT TO PREVENT FUTURE DEATHS" about a British pilot's death in which he sets forth his findings that the pilot was exposed to organo phosphates in the cockpit and that the death was related to exposure to these organo phosphates.
- [Philadelphia bound U.S. Airways Jet has a major fume event](https://toxiccabinair.com/philadelphis-bound-u-s-airways-jet-has-a-major-fume-event/) - Strange odor on a U.S. Airways caused the plane to do an emergency landing in Rome. Crew and passengers were extrermely ill, vomitting uncontrollably. There will be many very ill people based upon what we are hearing about the extent of this exporure. Please read our information about the effects of toxic exposure and follow
- [Bleed Less System now Available to Retrofit Commercial Aircraft ! 1](https://toxiccabinair.com/bleed-less-system-now-available-to-retrofit-commercial-aircraft-1/) - Fly Stream is in aeronautical engineering company based in Prairieville Louisiana. They have designed a bleed less system that can be retrofitted to any commercial aircraft. It has been modeled and analyzed by the Georgia Tech Institute of Aeronautics. We believe that the FAA is aware of this.
- [Bleed Less System Now Available to retrofit Commercial Aircraft !!](https://toxiccabinair.com/bleed-less-system-now-available-to-retrofit-commercial-aircraft/) - Fly Stream is in aeronautical engineering company based in Prairieville Louisiana. They have designed a bleed less system that can be retrofitted to any commercial aircraft. It has been modeled and analyzed by the Georgia Tech Institute of Aeronautics. We believe that the FAA is aware of this. What we need now is for flight
- [The Movie-A Must See](https://toxiccabinair.com/the-movie-a-must-see-3/) - The Movie-A Must See
- [The Movie-A Must See (4)](https://toxiccabinair.com/the-movie-a-must-see-4/) - The Movie-A Must See
- [RECOVERY RESOURCES](https://toxiccabinair.com/recovery-resources/) - Resources for Health and Sources of InformationTrue North Health (Distilled water fast) Dr. Alan Goldhamer, D.C. 1551 Pacific Ave. Santa Rosa,CA 95404 www.healthpromoting.com www.orthopathy.net International Hygienic Physicians who Support fasting out toxins Regency Health Spa (distilled water fast and juicing fast) Hallandale Beach Fl www.regencyhealthspa.com Judith Murawski Anderson Industrial Hygienist Association of Flight Attnedants-CWA, AFL-CIOwww.aerotoxic.org has
- [RECOVERY RESOURCES](https://toxiccabinair.com/recovery-resources-3/) - Resources for Health and Sources of InformationTrue North Health (Distilled water fast) Dr. Alan Goldhamer, D.C. 1551 Pacific Ave. Santa Rosa,CA 95404 www.healthpromoting.com www.orthopathy.net International Hygienic Physicians who Support fasting out toxins Regency Health Spa (distilled water fast and juicing fast) Hallandale Beach Fl www.regencyhealthspa.com Judith Murawski Anderson Industrial Hygienist Association of Flight Attnedants-CWA, AFL-CIOwww.aerotoxic.org has
- [The Movie-A Must See](https://toxiccabinair.com/the-movie-a-must-see/) - Still unsure about toxic exposure on airlines. A full length documentary produced by Captain Tristan Loraine. "This movie will play an important role in making air travel safer for everyone who flies" See "A Dark Reflection" now. Click Here.
- [ARTICLES AND MEDIA CABIN TOXIC EXPOSURE](https://toxiccabinair.com/articles-and-media-about-toxic-exposure/) - For articles and media coverage of fume events click here.
- [Toxic air plane crash warning](https://toxiccabinair.com/toxic-air-plane-crash-warning/) - PASSENGER jets risk “dropping out of the sky” because airlines refuse to fit detectors that could save pilots from poisonous cabin air, a toxicologist told the Sunday Express. By: Ted Jeory Source: Express, Home of the Daily Sunday Express Published: Sun, February 3, 2013 Tim Lindsay sent the carbon filter to a professor in Canada Professor Chris van Netten, former US government adviser, says the industry is putting profits before the health and safety of passengers or crew. He says that by failing to fit monitors that can “easily” detect leaks of odorless, colorless and toxic carbon monoxide, there is always the risk that pilots could inhale fumes and be rendered incapable of safely flying the plane. Professor van Netten, who is Canadian, is a world authority on bleed-air contamination. He said: “Carbon monoxide is a relatively rare event but it’s an acute one that can bring an aircraft down. “When it happens you want to know what is going on because it is incapacitating and you want to be able to flush it out. “If you can put detectors in the home, why not put them in the aircraft?” He says they could avert “the worst situation that can make a plane drop out of the sky” and adds that fitting them as standard is “the least” airlines can do. He claims the failure to fit detectors is symptomatic of a general attitude in the industry towards concerns over cabin air, adding: “If they were to officially admit the aircraft air was not healthy, they are in big trouble financially. They would be bankrupt.” The professor’s warning comes amid growing concern about the safety of cabin air. Last Sunday we revealed that two top British Airways pilots, Richard Westgate and Karen Lysakowska, had died within a month of each other aged 43.
- [ALERT ALERT ALERT!!!!](https://toxiccabinair.com/alert-alert-alert/) - ALERT ALERT ALERT!!!! If you are a Pilot in the right circles, you might already know that some of the toxic chemicals on or around the Airplanes can cause your hormones to drop to the level of an 80 year old.This happens with T.O.C.P and pesticides.If you have been flying for more than a
- [5 Taken to Hospital After Plane Diverted to Philly](https://toxiccabinair.com/5-taken-to-hospital-after-plane-diverted-to-philly/) - PHILADELPHIA July 11, 2012 (AP) Fire department officials say five people were taken to a hospital from a plane diverted to Philadelphia International Airport after crew members reported feeling ill due to an odor on board. Airport spokeswoman Victoria Lupica said US Airways flight 720 had taken off from Charlotte, N.C.
- [Toxic Free Airlines](https://toxiccabinair.com/toxic-free-airlines/) - Check out toxicfreeairlines.com Have you experienced ill health as a result of flying as a passenger or crew member? If so, help us to start compiling data that airlines and regulators will not be able to ignore. Please list each member of the travelling party. Fill in your details in the register below
- [THINK YOU HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO OIL FUMES ON AN AIRCRAFT?](https://toxiccabinair.com/think-you-have-been-exposed-to-oil-fumes-on-an-aircraft-2/) - FIND OUT. GET TESTED. (NOTICE: this procedure is not available and has been disallowed. We are leaving it here to demonstrate what was attempted to be set up for testing potential exposure through a flight attendant union, but rejected) Click here for all four forms you will need to have your blood analyzed for at least one form of the neurotoxic engine oil additives called tricresyl phosphates. To have your blood tested, it must be drawn within 48 hours of suspected/confirmed exposure to aviation engine oil fumes. Note that the University of Nebraska research team cannot know the identity of the blood donor (crew member/passenger), so the blood sample must be coded and shipped by a physician/laboratory staff. If you would like to send a blood sample, here are step-by-step instructions: 1) Read this letter; 2) Take the blood draw/shipping instructions and blood test requisition form to a doctor or lab.
- [Forms For Testing For TCP in your Blood Stream](https://toxiccabinair.com/forms-for-testing-for-tcp-in-your-blood-stream/) - To get blood analyzed for at least one form of TCP after an exposure to engine oil fumes, crew-members/passengers were originally set up to follow this procedure and check for TOCP exposure: 1) Take attached instructions to draw/ship blood and blood test requisition form to doctor or lab.2) Have 50 ml of blood drawn within
- [Susan Michealis](https://toxiccabinair.com/susan-michealis/) - BEEN EXPOSED TO OIL FUMES ON AN AIRCRAFT? FIND OUT. GET TESTED. Click here for all four forms you will need to have your blood analyzed for at least one form of the neurotoxic engine oil additives called tricresyl phosphates. To have your blood tested, it must be drawn within 48 hours of
- [Fume Event Now Considered "BIO HAZARD" In Canada](https://toxiccabinair.com/fume-event-now-considered-qbio-hazardq-in-canada/) - Cabin Air Quality and “Fume Events” Update Occupation Health and Safety - Newsletter #01 January 11, 2012 From aerotoxic.org Fellow pilots, Over time, the OHS Committees of ACPA have received progressively more reports and information related to “fumes events.” In view of the information available to us, we think that some clarification is required with respect to the following: The possible sources of “fumes”; The contents of “fumes”; The potential health effects for pilots and other aircraft occupants exposed to fumes; and The QRH checklists available to us and the importance of donning masks and landing ASAP as per the QRH when the situation warrants.
- [Inhalable Toxic Chemicals in Aircraft Cabin Air](https://toxiccabinair.com/inhalable-toxic-chemicals-in-aircraft-cabin-air/) - THINK YOU HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO OIL FUMES ON AN AIRCRAFT? The Workshop "Inhalable Toxic Chemicals in Aircraft Cabin Air" (ITCOBA), held on 11 Cranfield University Seminar Press Release October 2011 at Cranfield University, was organized in order to respond to the disinformation that has increasingly surrounded the issue of whether aircraft cabin air is contaminated with organophosphate neurotoxins, and whether those substances caused ill-health. The issue has most recently been brought into focus by the publication earlier this year, by the UK Department of Transport, of the "Aircraft Cabin Air Sampling Study" reporting work carried out by the Institute of Environment and Health at Cranfield University. This report actually found significant concentrations of organophosphate neurotoxins and other noxious substances in cabin air even under normal flying conditions. Unfortunately, the final conclusion of the report is the statement: "With respect to the conditions of flight that were experienced during the study, there was no evidence for target pollutants occurring in the cabin at levels exceeding available health and safety standards and guidelines." The first phrase underlines the fact that the study failed to achieve measurement of a "fume event", even though that was one of its principal objectives. Even for "normal flying conditions" the purported conclusion is irrelevant because no standards are available for some of the most problematical substances. Nevertheless, despite the fact that this "conclusion" is neither sound nor justified by the actual work carried out, it has been carelessly and uncritically quoted, including by the UK Minister for Transport Theresa Villiers, and widely used to infer that there is no safety and health problem.
- [Inhalable Toxic Chemicals in Aircraft Cabin Air](https://toxiccabinair.com/inhalable-toxic-chemicals-in-aircraft-cabin-air-2/) - THINK YOU HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO OIL FUMES ON AN AIRCRAFT? The Workshop "Inhalable Toxic Chemicals in Aircraft Cabin Air" (ITCOBA), held on 11 Cranfield University Seminar Press Release October 2011 at Cranfield University, was organized in order to respond to the disinformation that has increasingly surrounded the issue of whether aircraft cabin air is contaminated with organophosphate neurotoxins, and whether those substances caused ill-health. The issue has most recently been brought into focus by the publication earlier this year, by the UK Department of Transport, of the "Aircraft Cabin Air Sampling Study" reporting work carried out by the Institute of Environment and Health at Cranfield University. This report actually found significant concentrations of organophosphate neurotoxins and other noxious substances in cabin air even under normal flying conditions. Unfortunately, the final conclusion of the report is the statement: "With respect to the conditions of flight that were experienced during the study, there was no evidence for target pollutants occurring in the cabin at levels exceeding available health and safety standards and guidelines." The first phrase underlines the fact that the study failed to achieve measurement of a "fume event", even though that was one of its principal objectives. Even for "normal flying conditions" the purported conclusion is irrelevant because no standards are available for some of the most problematical substances. Nevertheless, despite the fact that this "conclusion" is neither sound nor justified by the actual work carried out, it has been carelessly and uncritically quoted, including by the UK Minister for Transport Theresa Villiers, and widely used to infer that there is no safety and health problem.
- [US Airways crew members file lawsuit over fumes](https://toxiccabinair.com/us-airways-crew-members-file-lawsuit-over-fumes/) - US Airways crew members file lawsuit over fumes / Nby RICHARD DEVAYNEewsChannel 36 Bio | Email | Follow: @richardwcnc WCNC.com Posted on April 13, 2011 at 5:25 PM CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Sixteen US Airways crew members have filed a lawsuit against an airline maintenance company, claiming the company failed to adequately do its job. The
- [Boeing suit settlement](https://toxiccabinair.com/boeing-suit-settlement/) - Boeing suit settlement stirs jetliner air safety debate Documents show firm long concerned about health risks of rare fume events Chris Wilson / msnbc.com Terry Williams, left, a former American Airlines flight attendant, listens to her attorney, Alisa Brodkowitz, in Seattle. The Boeing Co. has settled her lawsuit claiming faulty aircraft design released toxic fumes into an airplane's cabin, leaving her unable to work. By Jim Gold Reporter msnbc.com updated 10/6/2011 1:10:40 PM ET 2011-10-06T17:10:40 SEATTLE — A former flight attendant is believed to be the first person in the U.S. to settle a lawsuit against the Boeing Co. over what she claims is faulty aircraft design that allowed toxic fumes to reach the cabin, triggering tremors, memory loss and severe headaches. The amount and other details of the settlement Wednesday between former American Airlines worker Terry Williams, a 42-year-old mother of two, and Boeing were not made public as a condition of the agreement. But 250,000 pages of company documents turned over to the plaintiff's legal team by Boeing seem certain to fuel the long-running battle over the safety of cabin air in commercial jetliners. "The issue is really heating up now," Judith Murawski, a Seattle-area based industrial hygienist for the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, told msnbc.com, adding that she typically handles at least three new cases a week involving crew members exposed to fumes. Many calls come from crew members on their way to emergency rooms or urgent care clinics, she said. On at least one U.S.-registered commercial jetliner a day — out of approximately 28,000 flights — pilots, flight attendants and passengers are exposed to toxic smoke or fumes entering the plane's air conditioning system, say industry officials. And the documented incidents of contaminated air, which can contain tricresyl phosphates (TCPs), carbon monoxide and other toxic components, may not cover all the exposures. Boeing and the airline industry have long maintained that cabin air — compressed air pumped, or "bled," from the plane's engine — is safe, saying such breaches are extremely rare and that short-term exposure to the tiny amounts of toxic substances in the cabin air poses no health risk.
- [Aerotoxic Syndrome](https://toxiccabinair.com/aerotoxic-syndrome/) - 02 Mar Aerotoxic Syndrome: The best kept secret in aviation? Author: Alisa Brodkowitz | Category: Fumes . Reprinted and written by: The Scavenger Passengers getting off airline flights often experience ‘jet lag’ which is clearly due to changing time zones but many may also experience long-term serious ill health after certain ‘fume event’ flights but will never understand the simple cause. Captain John Hoyte explains the phenomenon known as ‘Aerotoxic Syndrome’. Three scientists from North America, France and Australia termed this neurological illness ‘Aerotoxic Syndrome’ in 1999 but passengers are mostly still unaware that it is caused by breathing toxic cabin air in-flight. As an airline pilot, I experienced serious neurological problems in 1990 after I started to fly the BAe 146 four-engined jet on ‘night freight flying’. It left me with Alzheimer’s-type symptoms of chronic fatigue, failing memory, slurred / incoherent speech, poor thought-processing, vision disturbances and countless other mysterious symptoms – not desirable when flying airliners. I was a very fit young man and I carried on flying. As there are always two pilots in a modern jet I was able to mask it by using checklists and other coping devices, so keeping it quiet out of fear of losing my job. By 1998 I had become certain that the ‘night’ aspect of my flying was responsible, so I logically transferred to day time passenger flying. Initially I felt better but would still be troubled by the same symptoms which left me exhausted and feeling intoxicated all of the time. However, I had long since restricted my alcohol intake, as it would quickly send me ‘over the top’. By 2004/5 and aged 50 I was ready to stop flying as my memory was failing and I felt as though I was going to kill not only myself, but take around 100 passengers and crew with me. In mid 2005 I had to suddenly stop flying, confused, sick and exhausted. In early 2006 I was grounded with ‘chronic stress’ by expert aviation doctors. A matter of months later I was tested along with 26 other BALPA union pilots and found out we all had highly abnormal blood / fat results but more importantly, measurable sub-normal memories and cognitive dysfunction. How could jet engine oil be found in my blood and fat? Might it be responsible for the ill health I had learnt to live with but had wrecked my life? One essential fact is that aircrew, pilots and cabin crew breathe the same air as their passengers. This includes royalty, low cost passengers, politicians and even doctors. Engine oil and OPs How might the engine oil have got into my body? In the early years of jet flying, the Boeing 707 for example had mechanically compressed air pumped into the confines of the fuselage to create the pressure and oxygen content necessary to sustain life at high altitude of jet flying. But in around 1963 Boeing design engineers discovered that they could use the excess compressed air from a jet engine, taken off the engine prior to the fuel being mixed. This air is called ‘bleed air’ as it is bled off the engine. It is piped, unfiltered into the passenger cabin and is done so to this day. The engineers of the day warned that if the bleed air should mix with the oil in the engine, it would convey not pure outside air, but an oil / air mixture into the passenger compartment. Unsurprisingly, the risk was thought negligible and the accountants won the day; it was clearly a simpler system and saved money, yet had an obvious flaw. In each jet engine seals keep the air and oil apart. However, what aircraft manufacturers will not tell you is that the oil seals wear out, allowing the oil and air to mix.
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- [Personal Testimony](https://toxiccabinair.com/personal-testimony-2/) - Testimony: For Better or Worse, A Flight Attendant’s Fight with Toxic Fumes Written by Anna Denney-Sandefer For 27 years I was an International Flight Attendant for a Major Airline. Things seemed normal, although as my seniority increased, my health problems increased also and I had more difficulties. Then one day in June of 2006, while
- [Toxic fumes impairing our ability to fly, say pilots](https://toxiccabinair.com/toxic-fumes-impairing-our-ability-to-fly-say-pilots/) - 15:36 19 June 2007 by Zeeya Merali For similar stories, visit the Aviation Topic Guide Toxic fumes on planes are poisoning pilots and rendering them unable to fly safely, say pilots, who are campaigning for "aerotoxic syndrome" to be recognised as a disease. Two official investigations are being opened after concerns that highly
- [Resource Links](https://toxiccabinair.com/resource-links/) - {all_weblinks num_cols=[1] display_ldescription=[1]?}6{/all_weblinks} RECOVERY RESOURCES For more information about tosic cabin air also see www.Aerotoxic.org Published on Monday, 25 August 2014 19:44 | Resources for Health and Sources of InformationTrue North Health (Distilled water fast) Dr. Alan Goldhamer, D.C. 1551 Pacific Ave. Santa Rosa,CA 95404 www.healthpromoting.com www.orthopathy.net International Hygienic Physicians who Support
- [Resource Links](https://toxiccabinair.com/resource-links-2/) - {all_weblinks num_cols=[1] display_ldescription=[1]?}6{/all_weblinks} RECOVERY RESOURCES For more information about tosic cabin air also see www.Aerotoxic.org Published on Monday, 25 August 2014 19:44 | Resources for Health and Sources of InformationTrue North Health (Distilled water fast) Dr. Alan Goldhamer, D.C. 1551 Pacific Ave. Santa Rosa,CA 95404 www.healthpromoting.com www.orthopathy.net International Hygienic Physicians who Support
- [WELCOME](https://toxiccabinair.com/welcome-to-toxic-cabin-air/) - We are a website devoted to informing the public, physicians, and flight crew of the hazards of breathing in the air in the cabins of commercial airlines. We are devoted to providing you with facts about TCP, bleed air, and toxic poisoning that can occur from burnt or pyrolyzed hydraulic oil.
- [Health Impact Of Exposure To Contaminated Supply Air On Commercial Aircraft](https://toxiccabinair.com/health-providers/) - Quick Reference Guide for use by and reference use For Health Care Providers: • Summary of exposure and substance: Outside air is bled off the engines/auxiliary power unit and supplied to the cabin/ flight deck on commercial aircraft. Under certain failure conditions, toxins such as pyrolyzed (burned at high temperatures) engine oils and
- [Health Impact Of Exposure To Contaminated Supply Air On Commercial Aircraft](https://toxiccabinair.com/health-providers-2/) - Quick Reference Guide for use by and reference use For Health Care Providers: • Summary of exposure and substance: Outside air is bled off the engines/auxiliary power unit and supplied to the cabin/ flight deck on commercial aircraft. Under certain failure conditions, toxins such as pyrolyzed (burned at high temperatures) engine oils and
- [Toxic Fumes in Airplanes Pose Health Risk](https://toxiccabinair.com/toxic-fumes-in-airplanes-pose-health-risk/) - by Kathy Jones on March 28, 2011 at 8:50 PM General Health News A former Australian airline pilot has warned that toxic fumes in airplanes pose a serious health risk even though the British government believes that the leaking of such fumes inside the airplane is a very rare occurrence. Dr Susan Michaelis, who

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- [Welcome to Toxic Cabin Air](https://toxiccabinair.com/) - WELCOME TO TOXIC CABIN AIR We are a website devoted to informing the public, physicians, and flight crew of the hazards of breathing in the air in the cabins of commercial airlines. We are devoted to providing you with facts about TCP, bleed air, and toxic poisoning that can occur from burnt or pyrolyzed hydraulic
- [Experiences](https://toxiccabinair.com/experiences/) - https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1DHLqjNT2L/ Personal Testimony: For Better or Worse, A Flight Attendant’s Fight with Toxic Fumes Written by Anna Denney-Sandefer 2009 For 27 years I was an International Flight Attendant for a Major Airline. Things seemed normal, although as my seniority increased, my health problems increased also and I had more difficulties. Then one day in June
- [Present Developments](https://toxiccabinair.com/background-and-history/present-developments/) - Some encouraging developments Delta is replacing engines on Airbus aircraft to address toxic fumes issue Delta Air Lines said it is replacing auxiliary power units (APUs), a type of engine, on its Airbus aircraft to address toxic fume incidents that can harm airline crew and passengers. The airline confirmed to CBS News Thursday that its
- [Background and History](https://toxiccabinair.com/background-and-history/) - History of the attempts to educate flyers on the hazards and existence of toxic air in the cabins of airliners. The fight has been ongoing since the 1990's and was led by pilots, crew and experts in Europe and Australia. Toxiccabinair.com has been an active website since approximately 2007 and to our knowledge it was
- [What is Toxic Cabin Air](https://toxiccabinair.com/background-and-history/what-is-toxic-cabin-air/) - BACKGROUND AND HISTORY What is Toxic Cabin Air We are a website devoted to informing the public, physicians, and flight crew of the hazards of breathing in the air in the cabins of commercial airlines. We are devoted to providing you with facts about TCP, bleed air, and toxic poisoning that can occur from
- [News on Fume Events](https://toxiccabinair.com/fume-event/news-on-fume-events/) - 2 passengers treated after Delta flight forced to return to Atlanta airport due to 'haze' February 25, 2025 Delta Flight returned to Atlanta after a haze appeared in the cabin. Passengers were told to breathe through their clothing. No reason has yet been given for the event. News says 2 passengers were treated and released
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- [Legal](https://toxiccabinair.com/background-and-history/legal/) - US Airways crew members file lawsuit over fumes Published on Monday, 17 October 2011 15:52 US Airways crew members file lawsuit over fumes by RICHARD DEVAY NewsChannel 36 Follow: @richardwcnc WCNC.com Posted on April 13, 2011 at 5:25 PM CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Sixteen US Airways crew members have filed a lawsuit against an airline
- [Efforts to Expose Cause and Effects](https://toxiccabinair.com/background-and-history/efforts-to-expose-cause-and-effects/) - The long battle to educate the public and crew about toxic cabin air has been long in developing and in gaining understanding and recognition. We commend all of the people and organizations who have contributed their efforts and resources to this endeavor. This is by no means an exhaustive list of efforts and articles
- [Symptoms and Effects](https://toxiccabinair.com/health-and-resources/symptoms-and-effects/) - SICK FROM SMOKE/FUMES ONBOARD? WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW and WHAT YOUR DOCTOR NEEDS TO KNOW AFA and afacwa.org The outside air that gets supplied to the cabin and flight deck is "bled" off either the aircraft engines or an auxiliary engine called the APU. Because of design and maintenance issues, engine oil/hydraulic
- [Resources and Links](https://toxiccabinair.com/resources/) - Media Links of Interest and Value www.aerotoxic.orgA leading site in Europe for toxic cabin air news and developments. Great resource. https://gcage.orgGlobal Cabin Air Quality Executive Excellent site for the history and present developments of cabin air quality Bleedfree.euAnother excellent site on toxic cabin air Movie A Dark Reflection htp://archive.org/web/20150420130822/http://www.adarkreflection.com/ https://tubitv.com/movies/473364/flight-313-the-conspiriacy?start=true&tracking=google-feed&utm_source+google-feed amazon https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/amzn1.dv.gti.4cac4458-e299-4821-d673-4fec593f791a?autoplay=0&ref_=0ref_=atv_cf-strg_wb You Tube
- [What is a Fume Event](https://toxiccabinair.com/fume-event/what-is-a-fume-event/) - Fume event From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A fume event occurs when bleed air used for cabin pressurisation and air conditioning in a pressurised aircraft is contaminated by fluids such as engine oil, hydraulic fluid, anti-icing fluid, and other potentially hazardous chemicals.[1] How cabin pressurisation works Main article: Cabin pressurization Because airliners fly at very
- [For Healthcare Providers](https://toxiccabinair.com/health-and-resources/for-healthcare-providers/) - Health consequences of exposure to aircraft contaminated air and fume events: a narrative review and medical protocol for the investigation of exposed aircrew and passengers There is a need for a systematic and consistent approach to diagnosis and treatment of persons who have been exposed to toxic fumes in aircraft cabins. The medical protocol presented
- [For Crew](https://toxiccabinair.com/for-crew/) - How to Recognize and Respond to Fumes Onboard afacwa.org Home » Issues » How to Recognize and Respond to Fumes Onboard Basic Overview: Potential For Exposure To Oil/Hydraulic Fluid Fumes On Aircraft Most aircraft are designed and operated to circulate cabin air through the aircraft engine. Engine oil and hydraulic fluid fumes can
- [Spouse Support-A Spouses Story](https://toxiccabinair.com/spouse-support/) - What a Spouse Needs to Know A spouse tells his story and experiences IF YOU ARE THE SPOUSE OR LOVED ONE OF SOMEONE YOU SUSPECT MAY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO TOXIC CABIN AIR OR A FUME EVENT, PLEASE READ THIS Being the spouse or a loved one of someone affected by Aerotoxic Syndrome or
- [Fume Event](https://toxiccabinair.com/fume-event/) - Fume event From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A fume event occurs when bleed air used for cabin pressurisation and air conditioning in a pressurised aircraft is contaminated by fluids such as engine oil, hydraulic fluid, anti-icing fluid, and other potentially hazardous chemicals.[1] How cabin pressurisation works Main article: Cabin pressurization Because airliners fly at very
- [Personal Testimony: For Better or Worse, A Flight Attendant’s Fight with Toxic Fumes](https://toxiccabinair.com/personal-testimony-for-better-or-worse-a-flight-attendants-fight-with-toxic-fumes/) - Personal Testimony: For Better or Worse, A Flight Attendant’s Fight with Toxic Fumes Written by Anna Denney-Sandefer 2009 For 27 years I was an International Flight Attendant for a Major Airline. Things seemed normal, although as my seniority increased, my health problems increased also and I had more difficulties. Then one day in June
- [If You Have Been Exposed](https://toxiccabinair.com/if-you-have-been-exposed/) - Inhalable toxic chemicals in aircraft cabin air Released: November 1, 2011 Press release: Inhalable Toxic Chemicals in Aircraft Cabin Air Page 2 Contact: The Press Officer, Collegium Basilea, Hochstrasse 51, Postfach, CH-4002 Basel The Workshop "Inhalable Toxic Chemicals in Aircraft Cabin Air" (ITCOBA), held on October 2011 at Cranfield University, was organized in order
- [Health and Resources](https://toxiccabinair.com/health-and-resources/) - Aircraft fume events, UK Civil Aviation Authority Information for health professionals on aircraft fume events https://www.caa.co.uk/passengers/before-you-fly/am-i-fit-to-fly/guidance-for-health-professionals/aircraft-fume-events/ symptoms reported is quite variable and health professionals have asked for guidance on how best to manage such patients. The Care Pathway
- [Event Form](https://toxiccabinair.com/for-crew/event-form/) - apfa event form for crew exposed to fumes. https://www.apfa.org/resources/safety-security/sof-report-form/

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