Aerotoxic Association

May 2009 Newsletter

GCAQE annual conference

The Global Cabin Air Quality Executive held its annual conference in London at the end of April. The Aerotoxic Association was there to help further the cause for clean cabin air. Photos and Flightglobal report

Website survey
We will be shortly starting a restructuring of the Aerotoxic Association website. In an effort to improve the layout and make everything relevant and easy to find, we have made a small survey with six straightforward questions. We would greatly appreciate your feedback and it shouldn't take more than a couple of minutes to complete. Fill in survey

Language help
We are in the process of translating the website. We have quite a lot of German work in progress, but can you help with any other language?

CASA enquiry into cabin air health effects

The Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) has established an Expert Panel on Aircraft Air Quality (EPAAQ) to investigate cabin air and health problems. Unlike research other aviation or government departments have conducted, this study appears to be a serious attempt to address the issues and hopefully bring about regulatory change to improve air quality on aircraft. If you have any experience of this issue, they would like to hear from you. Note: submissions must be in by 15 June 2009. CASA letter


Twins in fume event

In January of this year, Twins Victoria and Valerie Vaughn suffered a fume event on a Southwest Airlines flight. Since then they have both been struggling with their health and are now fighting to get answers from the airline. They have filed a court petition to compel the company to reveal details of the incident, due to be heard on May 25th. We shall be following their progress. Article, press release and King5 TV news item

"Fatal Flights"

The Australian TV show "Sunday Night" aired a no-holds-barred item entitled "Fatal Flights" on 10th May . It was damning of the aviation industry's cover-up of the contaminated air issue. Recommended viewing If you haven't seen it already . Watch video