How Safe Is Flying?

If you are a regular traveler who flies often you have probably seen advertisements about how safe flying is. What this really means is that, compared to car and train crashes, planes rarely crash and in the context of crashing are definitely much safer, but there are other issues which can impact upon safety unrelated to crashing.

I find flying especially stressful, particularly the overbearing security aspects, the applaling selection of 'food' and the lack of flight information, but there are perhaps more pressing concerns such as proximity to solar radiation and toxic fumes as this article reveals: http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/air-passengers-and-aircrew-beware-you-could-be-breathing-toxic-cabin-air