A common disability in test pilots is hearing impairment, a consequence of sitting too close to large jet engines for long periods of time.

(A) a consequence of sitting too close to large jet engines for long periods of time

(B) a consequence from sitting for long periods of time too near to large jet engines

(C) a consequence which resulted from sitting too close to large jet engines for long periods of time

(D) damaged from sitting too near to large jet engines for long periods of time

(E) damaged because they sat too close to large jet engines for long periods of time

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Hi Everyone -

I was down to between A and B and to me, although I know A sounds correct, is more concise, and probably idiomatically correct, why is B still not correct?

Forget idioms for a second; are there other flawed items in the sentence? Is there a modifier that's misplaced?

Do share.