Controversy
Certain neurological and respiratory ill health effects have been linked anecdotally to exposure to contaminated bleed air on commercial and military aircraft—the alleged associated long-term illness is known as aerotoxic syndrome. One potential contaminant is tricresyl phosphate. Academic research is ongoing, such as that by University of New South Wales, Cranfield University, University of British Columbia, University of Washington, University College London (Sarah Mackenzie Ross), but no formal causal relationship has been established yet by researchers.
A number of lobbying groups have been set up to raise public awareness, petition on behalf of passengers and crew, and to try to influence regulators. These groups include the Aviation Organophosphate Information Site (AOPIS) (2001), the Global Cabin Air Quality Executive (2006) and the UK-based Aerotoxic Association (2007). In March 2010, in a court in Australia, a former flight attendant won a case against her former employer for chronic respiratory problems after she was exposed to oil fumes on a flight in March 1992.
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