| Support letter for HR.4886 The Aviator Cancer Examination Study (ACES). The bill would require the VA to study the incidence of cancer amount individual who served on military air crews. Military aircrew personnel may experience occupational exposure to galactic cosmic radiation ultraviolet radiation and non-ionizing intra-cockpit radiation leading some to speculate about an increased risk of malignancy. The ACES Act would require the VA to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Science Engineering and Medicine to study the incidence and mortality among individual who served in the regular or reserve components of the Navy Air Force or Marine Corps as air crew members on a fixed-wing aircraft. This legislation will assist in determining if those who served on air crews are more likely to develop cancer. |