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Science Friday: Airplane Air

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Who hasn't gotten off a plane blaming the stale cabin air for their stuffy nose, dry throat, and headache? A new study is investigated in this audio lecture that says passengers are partly to blame for bad in-flight air. New research says that ozone brought into the cabin while a plane is in flight may combine with skin oils and other materials in the cabin to make an airborne witches brew of potentially irritating chemicals. [17:49]

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