Justice Recognizes the Reality of Aerotoxic Syndrome

Sick Pilots: Justice recognizes the Reality of Aerotoxic Syndrome
by BEARNAIRDINE BEAUMONT - Take-Off: Aviation's Wounded Canaries
NOV 2, 2023

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As first reported by MEDIAPART France, on October 20, 2023, the Bordeaux Judicial Court recognized the causal link between this illness and occupational exposure, for yet another affected pilot. The judge relied in particular on the medical expertise of the head of the occupational and environmental pathologies department at Nantes University Hospital, according to whom the disorders reported by the pilot "are part of an ‘Aerotoxic Syndrome’ caused by the short- and long-term effects of exposure to oil-fumes-contaminated air in aircraft cabins.

However, as previously mentioned in other articles of mine don't look for ‘Aerotoxic Syndrome‘ in the international occupational disease classification tables (ICD-10): it is still not/not yet listed there. You can find my articles on the subject on my Academia.edu website here and here. The term Aerotoxic Syndrome (AS) was coined in 1999 and described as a medical condition by three scientists from France, the USA, and Australia who had independently of each other come to the same conclusions and then networked and put their findings together. AS is a collection of very diverse symptoms reported by aircrews who have been victims of cabin and cockpit air contamination events which are commonly referred to as "fume events".

Fumes often contaminate the air in aircraft cabins. This is a well-known phenomenon, but its health impact is disputed by the airline industry.

Now, pilots who were dismissed or “medically retired” due to incapacity have succeeded in having the causal link between their illness and polluted air recognized. This is huge success and a major step forward.

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