air passengers are exposed to increased levels of radiation new research from stirling university is warning of the possible pollutants in the airplane cabin air artie's trinity chavez with the story. millions of people travel on airplanes every single day now a new study is cautioning frequent flyers the study reveals that passengers may be exposed to toxic fumes in train the cabin which can have some serious effects on your health because on nearly every jet the air used to pressurize the cabin and the air you breathe is a wreckage from the engines it's called bleed air and in the engine the oil there is an additive called tri crustal phosphate also known as t.c.p. so if there is the slightest oil leak that could mean fumes in the cabin the cabin air inhaled by the crew members and pilots and passengers on commercial planes has been linked to several alarming health concerns everyone has been. leaking oil truth direct from the engine into the yes supply. and some of us will become impaired and some may become you know on well short term or even long term and that's when i study ver

and that's when i study clearly shard researchers who are in stirling university also found a clear patternof acute and chronic symptoms ranging from headaches and dizziness to breathing and problems the airline industry needs to start taking notice this is unacceptable to use the system you wouldn't buy the fumes from your exhaust on your car into the cabin is essentially what they're doing taking me in from the compressors to the engine feeding into the cabin for the past just to bring according to the report over three point five billion passengers were exposed to low levels of engine oils in two thousand and fifteen however a spokesperson for the international air transport association says airlines are complying with requirements and a statement to r.t. he said the safety of passengers and crew is of paramount importance to the air transport industry there have been substantial studies on cabin air quality over recent years which have guided regular. in the same area regulators monitor cabin air quality to ensure safety and airlines comply with their requirements and a press release th

professor, from the university of stirling, welcome. days, i want to talk about oil because it is an important part of the scottish economy. we have seen oil prices since the independence referendum nearly halving and that has affected revenues for the scottish economy? it does, it has a substantial effect on the revenues on an independent scotland so the taxation and spending would be more difficult. at the moment, it doesn't look like oil price will go up any time soon, for a variety of reasons. it does make the case for independence more difficult. when we look at where scotland figures in the whole uk picture, economic growth is a big problem, because it affects how much people have in their pockets. growth is shrinking, if we get another quarter of economic growth shrinking, we fall into a recession? the scottish economy has grown markedly less slowly down the uk. part of the money the scottish government gets now comes from its own income tax revenues, so that is a worry. clearly, for the last two, three quarters has been falling

university of liverpool. scottish conservative leader ruth davidson has been welcoming her new mps this afternoon in stirlingtories might "break away" from the main uk party. she tweeted that she fought a leadership campaign opposing the idea of a separate organisation in scotland. our correspondent catriona renton is in stirling there was a new msp here today. there was a new msp here today. there was a new msp here today. there was actually a double election down in the borders, in which a new msp, -- down in the borders, in which a new msp, —— in which her new msp was elected. we are in the shadow of stirling castle, a place which uses history. it was here that ruth davidson chose to come to hold court with these new mps, and to tell us a bit about where she goes from that result the other night. as she described, it was a historic result. recent history, not the history that we are in the shadow of fear. since 1983, the conservatives had not had a result like this in scotland, so ruth davidson was delighted, and we put to have a number of the issues we have been talking about today. i asked how she would