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Article: Airlines Confronted With Pesticide Issue.
- Article from:
- Air Safety Week
- Article date:
- March 8, 1999
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Airlines are facing new passenger complaints and the possibility of legal actions over pesticide spraying - especially when flight attendants are required to spray passengers and crew on flights into countries that require it.
In the United States, two major lawsuits filed by flight attendants in Louisiana and California against pesticide manufacturers allege that many crew members are suffering chronic illness and multiple chemical sensitivity from long term exposure to the aerosol spraying.
"We have received a lot of complaints about sickness from our members who fly into countries where spraying is required," said Chris Witkowski, director of air ...