The Harvard Flight Attendant Health Study is in the midst of its third wave of participant recruitment for the study. The researchers are able to reach many Flight Attendants who previously participated via email, but they are also looking to recruit participants at airports throughout the country. This also allows Flight Attendants to meet the researchers face to face and ask questions in person. If you are not yet familiar with their work or this ongoing study that AFA has encouraged since they started in 2007 go to: fahealth.org.
Remember too that this research group recently provided breakthrough findings about the toxic uniforms at Alaska. This helps us define this issue as an occupational health hazard and bolsters our work to ensure airlines use safe procurement for Flight Attendant uniforms.
The researchers will be in the Chicago O’Hare Airport this weekend - February 17-19th in Terminal 1, behind security. We will update members with the exact location once we know it. Look for updates on afacwa.org and AFA's Facebook Page, facebook.com/afacwa.
