Jet Smarter : The Air Traveler's Rx - Softcover

Diana Fairechild

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9781892997494: Jet Smarter : The Air Traveler's Rx

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1892997495 ISBN 13: 9781892997494

Publisher: Flyana.Com, 1999

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This book can save your health, and maybe even your life. There are dangers in air travel -- some obvious, many hidden. Jet Smarter is a comprehensive book on the hazards (poor air, radiation, pesticides, terrorism, deep vein thrombosis) and hassles (sardine seating, dirty blankets, cheap food, blocked ears, lost luggage, lost sleep) of air travel today.

Most importantly, Jet Smarter is full of solutions, and fun to read.

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Diana Fairechild has been seen on Dateline, CNN, Hard Copy, Extra, ABC, and NBC.

About the Author:

Diana Fairechild flew 10 million miles as an international flight attendant. In her 1992 book, Jet Smart, she was the first to report that passengers may be sprayed with pesticide, that onboard drinking water is contaminated, and that airlines deprive passengers of vital oxygen to save money. Within a few years of publishing Jet Smart, nineteen countries took heed and stopped spraying pesticide on airline passengers.

As an international flight attendant, pesticide was sprayed many times right on Diana’s skin. She began to realize something was very wrong when her eyes would swell the size of golf balls on flights when pesticide was sprayed. Looking for answers, she went to a doctor and found that the pesticide used on airplanes was toxic. The doctor tested her in a double blind study and found she was having an allergic reaction to that pesticide. Diana tried avoiding the flights with pesticides, but it was impossible. With no other alternative, she was forced by her employer to give up flying.

Diana Fairechild took her case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court and, although she never recouped any money, she has not given up the fight for others. Meanwhile, her illness was touching every corner of her world. Diana is now sensitive to the smells in the personal chemicals that many people wear, e.g. hair gel or even deodorant. She explains, "Blind people are more sensitive to touch than we are. They can read Braille, whereas, to most of us, the bumps on a piece of paper are not decipherable. In the same way, I've found that my reaction to toxins is an example of how I am a super sensitive -- a blessing, once I recognized this as a gift."

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