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Mystery of American Airlines' ailing flight attendants

Dallas

FROM oozing blisters and wheezing to rashes, itchy eyes, and sore throats, numerous American Airlines Group Inc flight attendants say their new work uniforms are making them sick.

But after a battery of tests and a tense back-and-forth among their union, the airline, and the uniform supplier, it's still not clear what exactly is behind the rise in health complaints.

The Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA), which represents flight attendants for American, has asked the carrier to recall the new garments, which went to 70,000 employees starting in September.

The airline says it has spent more than US$1 million for three rounds of toxicological tests that, so far, haven't turned...

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