Aircraft Contaminated Cabin Air - Aerotoxic Syndrome Science & Experts

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Neurotoxicity—the poisoning of the brain and nervous system—is a well-documented effect of exposure to many chemical substances, yet doctors (and lawyers) often fail to recognize it. A person who has suffered a serious chemical injury is likely to have sustained considerable damage to his or her brain and nervous system. This is important for a lawyer to know, because doctors often recognize only the person’s physical illness, not realizing that serious brain and nervous system damage may have also occurred.

A multitude of chemical substances is present in the aircraft cabin air.  The fumes can be visible or invisible, they can leave behind certain 'smells' or not. Measurements have to date summed up ca. 130 substances (EASA). In the past the focus has been on tricresyl phosphate  (TCP), an organophosphate in the bleed-air as the main health damaging substance. However, the case is more complex and the mixture of the various chemicals, from the engine to hydraulic oils, kerosene fumes to solvents, flame retardants to insecticides (disinsection). their interaction and constant 'low level' presence in the closed environment of an aircraft must be taken into consideration.

Chronic exposure to low levels of some toxic chemicals can be even worse than a single acute exposure because brain damage is cumulative over time. The symptoms of brain injury from exposure to toxic chemicals vary widely. But there are ways you and your experts can pinpoint the damage and its cause. Please find (and use) below collection of scientific papers in relation to aircraft cabin air 'accidents' and ill-health. INFO for your doctor and medical staff / first responders/ paramedics  HERE  - FREE downloads!

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You may want to use online translation programs to translate the available summaries (abstracts) of these studies into your own language. Even if the texts are scientific, you will be surprised how much you can understand.

• Physician's Guide To Pesticide Poisoning (The Texas A&M University System)
  
• Aerotoxic syndrome: A new occupational disease caused by contaminated cabin air? Author links open overlay panel G.Hagemana S.J.Mackenzie RossbJ.NihomaG.van der Laanc - 2022
  
• The Lung in Aerotoxic Syndrome - Jorge Roiga et al - April 2022. Read the comment to the authors HERE
• Gerard Hageman, Teake M. Pal, Jik Nihom, Sarah J. Mackenzie Ross & Martin van den Berg (2020) Aerotoxic syndrome, discussion of possible diagnostic criteria, Clinical Toxicology, 58:5, 414-416, DOI: 10.1080/15563650.2019.1649419
• A cost-efficient design change for enhancing the aircraft cabin air supply -2021 - Graeme A. Davidson consulting aero-engineer
• Oil Fumes, Flight Safety, and the NTSB -Dec. 2021 - Judith Anderson, Dieter Scholz
• Occupational risk of organophosphates and other chemical and radiative exposure in the aircraft cabin: A systematic review -Nov.2021, Hayes, Megson, Doyle, O'Sullivan
• In vitro hazard characterization of simulated aircraft cabin bleed-air contamination in lung models using an air-liquid interface (ALI) exposure system - June 2021 - Rui-Wen He et al
• Long term exposure to low level air pollution and mortality in eight European cohorts within the ELAPSE project: pooled analysis BMJ 2021
• Particulate matter from aircraft engines affects airways University Bern, Switzerland May 2016
• Aerotoxic Syndrome and Low Level Exposure to Nano Particles Bearnairdine Beaumont 2013
• Ultrafine particle levels measured on board short-haul commercial passenger jet aircraft Susan Michaelis1 et al
• Sources of Onboard Fumes and Smoke Reported by U.S. Airlines Anderson, Judith. 2021. "Sources of Onboard Fumes and Smoke Reported by U.S. Airlines" Aerospace 8, no. 5: 122. https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace8050122
• Irritant-induced Asthma Caused by Aerotoxic Syndrome 2021 Jorge Roig, Christian Domingo,Jonathan Burdon, Susan Michaelis 
• Study on the perception and prevention of health complaints in Frequent Flyers - Mulder, Aviation Medical Consult -2019
• Research Cabin Air Quality (CACE) - Bearnairdine Beaumont -2020 Neurotoxicity—the poisoning of the brain and nervous system—is a well-documented effect of exposure to many chemical substances.
• Cabin Air Contamination Events - Bearnairdine Beaumont 2020 - Teaching Paper: A Diagnostic Workup for the clinician to follow in order to determine the correct diagnosis for patients presenting with ‚undefined' symptoms...
• Aerotoxic Syndrome as a Mirce Mechanics Phenomenon
  2016 - Dr Jezdimir Knezevic
• Caution in undergoing vaccination following exposure to Organophosphates (5.7.)Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment
• The Central Nervous System and Exposure to Toluene: A Risk Characterization Mark MGreenberg et al
• Low-Level Chemical Sensitivity: Implications For Research And Social Policy Nicholas A. Ashford, Ph.D., J.D. Center for Technology, Policy and Industrial Development Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• ​​Pesticides: an update of human exposure and toxicity Archives of Toxicology February 2017, Volume 91, Issue 2, pp 549–599 | Cite as (NOTE: connection > disinsection on aircraft)
• Toxic Effects of Organophosphates Pesticides. A Review
  Ayobami A. L. 1,*, Kade E. A. 1, Oladimeji K. A. 2, Kehinde S. 3 and Gurpreet K. 4
  
  
• FAA: Aircraft Cabin Bleed Air Contaminants: A Review
  Gregory A. Day Civil Aerospace Medical Institute Federal Aviation Administration Oklahoma City, OK 73125  November 2015
• Aerotoxic syndrome, discussion of possible diagnostic criteria Gerard Hageman, Teake M. Pal, Jik Nihom, Sarah J. Mackenzie Ross & Martin van den Berg 
• Neurocognitive, mental health, and glucose disorders in farmers exposed to organophosphorus pesticides. Malekirad AA1, Faghih M, Mirabdollahi M, Kiani M, Fathi A, Abdollahi M.​
• Organophosphates in aircraft cabin and cockpit air-method development & measurements of contaminants Kasper Solbu et al
• The Right to Healthy Indoor Air - WHO
• Pesticides as the drivers of neuropsychotic diseases, cancers, and teratogenicity among agro-workers as well as general public Seema  Patel1&Sushree Sangeeta2 Published online: 8 November 2018#Springer-Verlag  (NOTE: connection > disinsection on aircraft)  
• OSHA Permissible Exposure Limits (PELs) are too Permissive. Ronald N. Kostoff Research Affiliate, School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology Gainesville, VA, 20155
• Exposure to triaryl phosphates: metabolism and biomarkers of exposure Clement E. Furlong* - 2011
• Air Quality Within Commercial Aircraft - ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 161-2018
• Elimination of Engine Bleed-Air Contamination - Henry A. Reddall - 1955 North American Aviation Inc.
• Routine Mechanical Causes of Air Supply Contamination - 2016 - by Graeme Davidson Engineer
• ​Aircraft Clean Air Requirements Using Bleed Air Systems. Michaelis,S. (2018) Engineering, 10, 142-172. Also available in 'Scientific Research': Aerospace Engineering.The original MSc thesis can be found via Cranfield University library and on Susan Michaelis PhD website
• Aerotoxic Syndrome: A New Occupational Disease? (adverse health effects experienced by aircrew exposed to aircraft contaminated air) Michaelis S. 1718c.Occup Environ Med 2018;75:A15
• Is a cumulative Exposure to a Background Aerosol of Nanoparticles Part of the Causal Mechanism of Aerotoxic Syndrome? - 2018 C. Vyvyan Howard, David W. Johnson, John Morton, Susan Michaelis, David Supplee, Jonathan Burdon 
• Recognizing Neurotoxicity - The symptoms of brain injury from exposure to hazards like lead paint and toxic chemicals vary widely. Raymond Singer and Dana Darby Johnson
  Competing Discourses in Aircraft Cabin Air Contamination : How to define a problem - 2017 - Arie Adriaensen
• Neurotoxicity of Industrial and Commercial Chemicals​ , ODonoghue. (1985). Neurotoxicity of Industrial and Commercial Chemicals. 1.​
• Characterization of Human Cytochrome P450s Involved in the Bioactivation of Tri-ortho-cresyl Phosphate (ToCP) Jelle Reinen, Leyla Nematollahi, Alex Fidder, Nico P. E. Vermeulen, Daan Noort, and Jan N. M. Commandeur Chemical Research in Toxicology 2015 28 (4), 711-721 DOI: 10.1021/tx500490v exc:  Tri-ortho-cresyl phosphate (ToCP) is a multipurpose organophosphorus compound that is neurotoxic and suspected to be involved in aerotoxic syndrome in humans. 
• The Nature of Particulates in Aircraft Bleed Air Resulting from Oil Contamination - 2017 Byron W. Jones, PhD, PE Shahin Nayyeri Amiri, PhD Jake W. Roth Fellow ASHRAE
• Aerotoxic Syndrome: A new occupational disease? - 2017 Published by WHO - Susan Michaelis, Jonathan Burdon, C. Vyvyan Howard School of Health Sciences, University of Stirling, United Kingdom Consultant Respiratory Physician, Melbourne, Australia
• The Aetiology of  'Aerotoxic Syndrome’- A Toxico- Pathological Viewpoint.C V Howard, S Michaelis, A Watterson 1Centre for Molecular Biosciences, University of Ulster, UK Occupational and Environmental Health Research Group, University of Stirling, UK
• Modeling Flight Attendants’ Exposures to Pesticide in Disinsected Aircraft Cabins -2013 - Yong Zhang et al.
• Influence of pyrethroids and piperonyl butoxide on the Ca2+-ATPase activity of rat brain synaptosomes and leukocyte membranes - FriedhelmDielb 
• Pesticide illness among flight attendants due to aircraft disinsection.Sutton PM1 et al - 2007 
• Acute permethrin neurotoxicity: Variable presentations, high index of suspicion Bonny Dragoa et al - 2014  
• In-flight spraying in aircrafts: determination of the exposure scenario - Edith Berger-Preiss et al - 2004
• ​Organophosphate Report - The Pilot (Capt. Julian Soddy) p.15-16 - by John Harvey 2004
• Neurotoxicology: What the neurologist needs to know  JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY NEUROSURGERY & PSYCHIATRY · OCT 2004 · Source: PubMed 
• Crew Effects from Toxic Exposures on Aircraft C. Winder (u) · S. Michaelis School of Safety Science, The University of New South Wales, NSW 2052 Sydney, Australia
• Aircraft Air Quality Malfunction Incidents: Causation, Regulatory, Reporting and Rates C. Winder (u) · S. Michaelis School of Safety Science, The University of New South Wales, NSW 2052 Sydney, Australia
• Smoke/fumes in the cockpit. Rayman RB, McNaughton GB.
• A comparison of fresh and used aircraft oil for the identification of toxic substances linked to aerotoxic syndrome David Megson et al.
• AEROTOXIC SYNDROME - health effects following exposure to jet oil mist during commercial flight Chris Winder (†} School of Safety Science University of New South Wales Sydney NSW 2052, Australia - Jean-Christophe Balouet Environment
• Journal of biological physics and chemistry – the problem of contaminated aircraft cabin air. Published jointly by Collegium Basilea (Institute of Advanced Study) and Association of Modern Scientific Investigation on 12th december, volume 14number 4. - Erratum Jeremy J. Ramsden
• Summary of documents that address potential flight safety impact of exposure to confirmed/suspected oil-contaminated ventilation air on commercial and military aircraft, and supporting documentation J.Andersen
• Ill health following reported exposure to contaminated air on commercial aircraft: psychosomatic disorder or neurological injury? Dr Sarah MacKenzie Ross
• Jet engine oil consumption as a surrogate for measuring chemical contamination in aircraft cabin air​ Professor Jeremy J.Ramsden
• Oil bearing seals and aircraft cabin air contamination - Sealing Technology. April 2016 Michaelis, S. (2016)
• The Inapplicability of Exposure Standards Michaelis, S (2017)
• Contaminated Aircraft Cabin Air - Journal of Biological Physics and Chemistry. Vol. 11 No 4 12/ 2011. pp 132-145 Michaelis, S. (2012)
• Proceedings of the BALPA Air Safety and Cabin Air Quality International Aero Industry Conference. Held at Imperial College, London, 20-21 April 2005 
• Aircraft air quality malfunction incidents: Design frequency and severity of toxic effects. In: Hocking, M., editor, Air Quality in Airplane Cabins and Similar Enclosed Spaces. Handbook of Environmental Chemistry 4: 249-266 - Best, R., Michaelis, S. (2005)
• A Survey of Health Symptoms in BALPA Boeing 757 Pilots - The Journal of Occupational Health and Safety; Australia and New Zealand 19: 253-261 - Michaelis, S. (2003)
• A survey of health symptoms in BAe 146 pilots - The Journal of Occupational Health and Safety; Australia and New Zealand 18: 305-312 Cox, L., Michaelis, S. (2002)
• Aviation Contaminated Air Reference Manual - ISBN 9780955567209 – book - Michaelis, S. (2007)
• M17 Medical aspects of work-related exposure to Organophosphates (MS17) - HSE Health and Safety Executive first published 1980, 2nd 1987, 3rd 2000 - Her Majesty's Stationary Office, Norwich, England
• Autoantibodies to nervous system-specific proteins are elevated in sera of flight crew members: biomarkers for nervous system injury.  Abou-Donia MB1, Abou-Donia MM, ElMasry EM, Monro JA, Mulder MF.
• Autoantibody markers of neural degeneration are associated with post-mortem histopathological alterations of a neurologically injured pilot M.B. Abou-Donia,1, * F.R.W. van de Goot2 and M .F.A. Mulder
• Cognitive impairment and associated loss in brain white microstructure in aircrew members exposed to engine oil fumes. Reneman L1,2, Schagen SB3, Mulder M4, Mutsaerts HJ5, Hageman G4, de Ruiter MB5,3.
• Organophosphorus Ester-Induced Chronic Neurotoxicity Abou-Donia MB.:2003, Archives of Environmental Health. 58:484 497
• Reaction of Cresyl Saligenin Phosphate, the Organophosphorus Agent Implicated in Aerotoxic Syndrome, with Human Cholinesterases -  Carletti et al: Mechanistic Studies Employing Kinetics, Mass Spectrometry, and X-ray Structure Analysis, Chem. Res. Toxicol. 2011, 24, 797–808, 2011
• Organophosphate and Amine Contamination of Cockpit Air in the Hawk, F-111 and Hercules C-130 Aircraft. Hanhela P., Kibby J., et al.:  DSTO Report, RR-0303. Defence Science and Technology Organization, Melbourne. 2005
• “New findings in aircrew exposed to airborne contaminants: Long-term health effects confirmed“ Journal of Occupational Health & Safety, Australia & New Zealand, Vol 21, Number 5, August 2005
• Organophosphate Ester Induced Chronic Neurotoxicity (OPICN) Abou-Donia, Mohamed B.:
• Lung Injury Following Hydrocarbon Inhalation in BAe 146 Aircrew Burdon, Jonathan MD and Allan R Glanville MD:
• Illness Related to Cabin Air: A Survey of Symptoms and Treatment Among Commercial Pilots and Cabin Crew,  Harper Andrew MD
• Clinical Evaluation of Flight Attendants After Exposure to Fumes in Cabin Air , Heuser, G. MD.,
• Aircraft Air Quality Incidents, Symptoms, Exposures and Possible Solutions Somers Netten van , C.
• Assessing over Thirty Flight Crew who have Presented as a Result of Being Unwell after Exposure to Fumes on the BAe 146 Jet - Moira, MD
• Health and Flight Safety Implications from Exposure to Contaminated Air in Aircraft, Dissertation Michaelis, S., PhD:Nov. 2010, University of New South Wales, ISBN: 978-0-95-554377-7
• Determination of ortho-cresyl phosphate isomers of tricresyl phosphate used in aircraft turbine engine oils by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry.Journal of Chromatography - Nola, G. De, J. Kibby1, W. Mazurek: A, 1200 (2008) 211 216 Royal Australian Air Force: Singh B. Aviation Safety Spotlight 0304: In-Flight Smoke and Fumes,2004, RA 
• Methodology for air sampling of organophosphates originating from turbine- and hydraulic oils, 2007
• Incident sampler of VOCs and volatile organophosphates, 2010
• Organophosphates in aircraft cabin and cockpit air method development and measurements of contaminants, 2011,
• C Solbu, Daae, Olsen, Thourud et al.: Organophosphates in aircraft cabin and cockpit air, Feb. 2011, Journal of Enviromental Monitoring, DOI: 10.1039/c0em00763c
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• ASHRAE (1999) Air Quality Within Commercial Aircraft: ASHRAE Standard 161. American Society for Heating, Refrigeration, Airconditioning and Energy, Atlanta
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• Exposure to triaryl phosphates: metabolism and biomarkers of exposure Clement E. Furlong*
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• A review and interpretation of the literature. J Toxicology and Environmental Health Part B Critical Reviews 2:281–300. Consultants, Mobil Business resources Coorporation, NJ
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• Ballough, J., “Smoke in the Cockpit,” Presentation at the U.S.–Europe International Aviation Safety Conference by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration Director of Flight Standards Service, Washington,DC, 2006.​
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• Daughtrey, W., Biles, R., Jortner, B., et al., “Subchronic Delayed Neurotoxicity Evaluation of Jet Engine Lubricants Containing Phosphorus Additives,” Fundam. Appl. Toxicol., Vol. 32, 1996, pp. 244–249.
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• Orientations sur les pratiques éducatives, de formation et de compte rendu concernant les émanations Orientations sur les pratiques éducatives, de formation et de compte rendu concernant les émanations (Numéro de commande : CIR 344 ISBN 978-92-9249-873-3 ). - ICAO

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• Professor M. Abou Donia, professor of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology
• Jean-Christophe BALOUET, Ph. D. environmental forensics
• Dr. Jonathan Burdon AM, Consultant Respiratory Physician
• Professor Clement Furlong, Research Professor of Medicine and Genome Sciences, University of Washington
• Mr. David Gee, Visiting Fellow, Institute of Environment, Health and Societies - Brunel University
• Ass. Prof. Dr. Astrid Heutelbeck, University Medical Center Göttingen, Germany
• Professor Vyvyan Howard, Professor of Pathology (Toxicology) - University of Ulster
• Dr. Susan Michaelis PhD, MSc - University of Stirling/Health and Safety Consultant.
• John Morton - Chairman, European Sealing Association
• Michel Mulder MD, medical doctor specializing in aviation medicine
• Dr. Mark Montgomery - Toxicologist
• Professor Chris van Netten, Environmental Toxicology (Emeritus) - University of British Columbia
• Dr. Vincent Peynet, Directeur Institut de Recherche et d'Expertise
• Professor Jeremy Ramsden - honorary professor of Nanotechnology, University of Buckingham, UK
• Professor Dr. Ing. Dieter Scholz, MSME - Aircraft Design and Systems Group (AERO) - Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
• Professor Colin Soskolne, Department of Public Health Sciences - Collegium Ramazzini and University of Alberta
• Dr. Alvin V. Terry Jr. PhD, Chairman, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology - Augusta University
• Professor Chris Winder († 2014), professor in applied Toxicology and Occupational Health and Safety at the University of New South Wales (UNSW)

Evidence from over
​60 years ago!
(examples)​

• Cabin Air Contamination -1955 - Special Report - Ted A. Loomis, Captain, MCStephen Krop, Ph. D.
  
• Boeing Airplane Company - 1953 Air Contamination Problem (full document available on request)
• Chemical Corps Medical Laboratories Army Chemical Centre Maryland/ Ted A. Loomis - 1955 Cabin Air Contamination
• ​The Toxicity of the Products Formed by the Thermal Decomposition of certain Toxic Substances - 1955- TREON
• Human Intoxication Following Inhalation Exposure to Synthetic Jet Lubricating Oil - 1977
• Principles and Practice - Aviation Medicine  - 1939 - Harry G. Armstrong, Medical Corps, Aero Medical Research Laboratory, Air Corps Material Division ).
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