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Aviation Conspiracy Newsletter
#459........................................................................December
16, 2007 Past newsletters can be accessed at:
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of the Week: "Our results indicate excess risks of hypertension
related to long term noise exposure, primarily for night-time aircraft
noise" excerpt from the "conclusions" of the European Union funded study
on
"Hypertension and Exposure to Noise near Air****ts"
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Communities Demand Health Impact *****sment Of Airspace Redesign Scheme!!!
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As Bill Sees It (Editorial): New Jersey Environmental Group Demands
Governor
*****s Health Impact Of FAA Plan!!! Robert Belzer, president of New
Jersey
Citizen Against Aircraft Noise (NJCAAN), is demanding New Jersey's
governor,
Jon Corzine (picture below left), stop the implementation of the new FAA
routing plan until there is study of the actual impacts the aircraft noise
will have on the health of the victims in New Jersey. This plan was
recently
approved by the bi-state agency called the ****t Authority. While New York
and New Jersey governors apparently sup****t the airspace rerouting plan,
Connecticut's Governor Rell is fighting it!!! Gov. Corzine shares control
over the ****t Authority of New York and New Jersey, along with New York's
Governor Spitzer. The ****t Authority NEVER would have approved the FAA
scheme without these politicians sup****t. Mr. Belzer refers to a recent
European Union commission study that links aircraft noise to serious
health
impacts, like hypertension. These governors apparently approve of the
FAA's
phony method of determining noise impacts that does not include other
"ambient" background noise in their distorted formula. The people of New
Jersey should wake up to the fact, like New Yorkers have, that their
governor works for "special interests" and cares little for their health
and welfare. If the FAA airspace redesign plan goes into effect this week,
New Jersey voters should work to make Corzine a one term governor like New
York's governor Spitzer obviously will be. Voters will have noisy planes
over their heads to remind them who sold them out.
Congress And EPA Have Also Sold Out American's Health To The Aviation
Industry!!! For years the EPA and the FAA have ignored the health impacts
of
aircraft noise on American citizens in order to please their aviation
industry cor****ate masters. While American politicians were busy working
to
remove funding from the EPA's Office of Noise Abatement and Control the
FAA
was busy looking for ways to hide the health effects of noise pollution on
Americans. It is no mistake that studies about the health impacts of the
ever-expanding aviation industry monster is not being done by the U.S.,
but
by other countries. It once again proves, what Americans are discovering
more and more every day, that "our" government is control by greedy
cor****ate interests which care little about our health and welfare. And
it's
getting worse as more and more of these evil cor****ations become
"multi-national" with no allegiance to any country or its people and only
to
the profit margin of their spread sheets.
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European Union Commission Exposes Health Impacts Of Aircraft Noise!!! An
increasing number of people are exposed to aircraft and road traffic
noise.
Hypertension is an im****tant risk factor for cardiovascular disease and
even
a small contribution in risk from environmental factors may have a major
impact on public health. The HYENA study aimed to *****s the relations
between noise from aircraft or road traffic near air****ts and the risk of
hypertension. Air traffic continues to increase world-wide, and recent
forecasts by the International Trans****t Association (IATA) predict an
average annual growth in the number passengers of 4.3% until 2015. As a
consequence the airspace is becoming crowded, in particular in the
vicinity
of air****ts, and pollution increases from aircraft exhaust emissions as
well
as from the associated road traffic. The study population included persons
45-70 years old at the time of interview, with a minimum length of
residence
of five years, living near one of six major European air****ts (London
Heathrow, Berlin Tegel. Amsterdam Schiphol, Stockholm Arlanda, Milan
Malpensa and Athens Elephterios Venizelos air****t). In Stockholm, the
population living near City Air****t (Bromma) was also included to increase
the number of exposed subjects. To maximize exposure contrast, we used a
stratified sample of the population. Read re****t at (you need Acrobat
Reader
installed): http://www.ehponline.org/members/2007/10775/10775.pdf
EPA Talks About Their "Unfunded" Office of Noise Abatement and Control
(ONAC) (from EPA website) In the past, EPA coordinated all federal noise
control activities through its Office of Noise Abatement and Control. In
1981, the Administration at that time concluded that noise issues were
best
handled at the state or local government level. As a result, the EPA
phased
out the office's funding in 1982 as part of a ****ft in federal noise
control
policy to transfer the primary responsibility of regulating noise to state
and local governments. The Noise Control Act of 1972 and the Quiet
Communities Act of 1978, however, were not rescinded by Congress and
remain
in effect today, although essentially unfunded. Note that all federal
noise
regulations remain in effect, and are enforced by either EPA or a
designated
federal agency. These regulations cover standards for trans****tation
equipment, motor carriers, low-noise-emission products, and construction
equipment. You can view them at the Government Printing Office Web site
at:
http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?sid=8b62aa545305455a88fd40506ad10718&c=ecfr&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title40/40cfrv24_02.tpl
Editor's Note: This was the only time that an EPA office ever was
"unfunded." It still exists although I imagine it is just some guy sitting
in the office with a disconnected phone. That's the way the airline
industry
and their paid stooges in congress like it.
New York: ROCKLAND COUNTY NEW YORK CITIZENS TO HOLD 3rd PROTEST OF FAA'S
PLAN TO SEND HUNDREDS OF AIRPLANES DAILY THROUGH THE HEART OF THEIR
COMMUNITY
To: quietrockland@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
ROCKLAND COUNTY NEW YORK CITIZENS TO HOLD 3 rd PROTEST OF FAA'S PLAN TO
SEND HUNDREDS OF AIRPLANES DAILY THROUGH THE HEART OF THEIR COMMUNITY
· Rally Begins at 11am Sunday, December 16, 2007
· The Suffern Community Center, 41 Wa****ngton Ave in Village of
Suffern - Rockland County, NY.
· Up to 600 flights per day will be routed less than 1 mile above
Rockland County communities on descent to Newark Liberty International
Air****t.
· Residents are outraged that the FAA is ru****ng implementation
ahead
of the GAO Audit
ROCKLAND COUNTY, NY: Concerned Rockland residents will hold a 3rd rally
Sunday to protest a federal plan to direct up to 600 new flights through
the
heart of the County, as part of a new proposed flight plan developed by
the
FAA in concert with commercial airlines.
"Having recently discovered that the FAA is looking to rush the
implementation of the plan, Rockland County citizens en masse are
organizing
as quickly as possible to put a stop to this initiative, which threatens
the
security and quality of life of the citizens of Rockland and surrounding
counties," said Tom Sullivan, Spokesman for the group Quiet Rockland.
"We are seeking volunteers to help us spread the word, contact elected
officials, lobby Wa****ngton DC, sup****t the County's litigation counsel,
and
sign paper and online petitions. We must stop the FAA from implementing
this
flawed plan," Sullivan continued.
@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Im****tant Aviation
News
Stories This Week
A four year Key action 4 Environment and Health study
1 December 2002 - 30 November 2006
The HYENA paper: 'Hypertension and Exposure to Noise near Air****ts - the
HYENA study' has been accepted by Environmental Health Perspectives and is
available online at: http://www.ehponline.org/members/2007/10775/10775.pdf
Background
Few investigators have studied health effects associated with exposure to
aircraft noise. The overall evidence suggests that a weak association
exists between long-term noise exposure and high blood pressure or
cardiovascular disease, but studies to date have shown contradictory
results. There are some indications that the potential effects of noise
on
blood pressure may be mediated via stress hormones.
Previous studies have traditionally considered noise from a single
specific
source only, such as aircraft or road traffic. Aircraft noise might be
more
annoying than road traffic noise, but findings from previous studies are
unclear. Subjective attitudes towards the noise and the activities
disturbed may modify the effect of noise quite considerably.
Several studies have shown excess risk of cardiovascular disease
associated
with air pollution. Air****ts act as hotspots for both air pollution and
noise. Therefore, it may be im****tant to consider exposure to ambient air
pollution as a possible confounder/effect modifier of the association
between community noise and high blood pressure/cardiovascular disease.
The
main source of noise, however, tends to derive from aircraft movements,
while much of the air pollution is associated with road trans****t
generated
by the air****ts.
Objectives
The overall project aim is to *****s the impacts on cardiovascular health
of
noise generated by aircraft and road traffic. The project will evaluate
the
modifying effects of air pollution on noise associated cardiovascular
effects, and will analyse the difference in blood pressure resulting from
different noise exposure patterns. The role of annoyance and sleep
disturbances due to noise, on blood pressure, will be *****sed, and the
impact of aircraft and road traffic noise on stress hormone levels will be
investigated. Acute changes in blood pressure following short-term
changes
in noise levels will be *****sed.
The specific objectives are:
· To analyse the exposure-response relation****ps in adults between
long-term exposure to air****t related noise and high blood pressure.
· To evaluate the modifying effects of traffic related air
pollution
(NO2, PM) on noise associated cardiovascular risk factors and
cardiovascular
disease.
· To analyse the difference in blood pressure resulting from
different noise exposure patterns.
· To *****s the possible modifying effects by annoyance and sleep
disturbances due to road and aircraft noise, on blood pressure.
· To analyse the impact of aircraft and road traffic noise on
stress
hormone levels.
· To analyse the effects of noise exposure on high blood pressure
in
susceptible subgroups of the population.
· To provide scientific basis and sup****t for guidelines for a
European policy on noise abatement.
Methods
The project includes cross-sectional studies near major air****ts in
Germany
(Berlin Tegel), Greece (Athens), Italy (Milano Malpensa), the Netherlands
(Amsterdam Schiphol), Sweden (Stockholm Arlanda) and the UK (London
Heathrow), including a total of 6,000 study subjects.
The studies will use uniform methods for the *****sment of noise exposure
and health effects (blood pressure, ischaemic heart disease). Stress
hormones will be determined in saliva and disturbance/annoyance will be
investigated using questionnaires. Exposure to air pollution will be
*****sed at selected air****ts. Random effects models allowing for
repeated
measurements in selected individuals will be used to *****s short-term
changes in blood pressure following changes in noise levels. A pooled
analysis and an overall evaluation of the results will be undertaken.
The studies are conducted in the vicinity of air****ts with a wide range of
exposures, from low to high levels of noise exposure from different
sources,
which will allow for detailed analyses of exposure-response relation****ps
for the general population as well as for susceptible subgroups
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