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Aviation Conspiracy Newsletter
#468........................................................................February
17, 2007 Past newsletters can be accessed at:
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of the Week: "Our studies show that night-time aircraft noise can
affect your blood pressure instantly and increase the risk of
hypertension.
This was surprising. Such an immediate effect from noise events has never
been shown." Dr. Lars Jarup, who co-wrote the four year study from
Imperial
College London. For every 10 decibel hike, the chances of having
hypertension goes up by 14 percent!!!
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New Study Says Airplane Noise Kills!!!
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As Bill Sees It (Editorial): Finally A Real Cause-Effect Analysis Of The
Blood Pressure Impacts Of Nighttime Aircraft Noise!!! While American
politicians look at anything that might obstruct the mad rush to expand
aviation and air****ts all over the map as obstruction to "progress," once
again it is the Europeans doing the analysis of the health effects of
aviation noise. This time it seems like some really concrete cause-effect
analysis of noise health impacts the paid-off politicians and their
politicized, corrupt "National Academy of Sciences" will have a tough time
ignoring and/or distorting; but you can be sure they will try. Time
magazine
and the Wa****ngton Post actually ran stories mentioning how the study
proves
IMMEDIATE rises in blood pressure from aircraft noise, even while people
are
sleeping!!! This is significant as the American news media has long been
the
partners-in-crime with the aviation cabal by helping keep the lid on news
stories about the health impacts of aviation noise and air pollution. This
is a major blow to the heavily night-operating air cargo industry. I'm
sure
they have their public relations people and lobbyists working on it right
now.
Last Connecticut Towns Join The Airspace Redesign Coalition!!! With the
British noise study being released, there should be new ammunition against
the FAA airspace redesign scheme. I hope some of the towns and coalitions
fighting it use the fact that NO health impacts were included in the FAA
severely skewed (to favor the airline industry and hide real impacts)
analysis. Maybe the tide is changing and these politician, FAA and
trans****tation industry bastards will finally be exposed for the
environmental criminals they are. How many more people will die before
this
will be done?
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Four Year Study Shows Aircraft Noise Linked To High Blood Pressure!!!
London, England (AHN) - The vehement protest of residents near London's
Heathrow Air****t to a planned expansion of U.K.'s main gateway that the
noise pollution affects them negatively may have a strong argument in
their
favor. The re****t of a 4-year study released Tuesday warned that air****t
noise could be deadly to residents. Aircraft noise goes beyond disturbed
sleeps and damaged eardrums. It may also cause hypertension, strokes,
kidney
diseases and dementia. According to national projections, of 6 million
Britons who are suffering from high blood pressure, 100,000 would
eventually
suffer from strokes and heart attacks and half may not survive. Dr. Lars
Jarup, who co-wrote the study from Imperial College London, said, "Our
studies show that night-time aircraft noise can affect your blood pressure
instantly and increase the risk of hypertension. This was surprising. Such
an immediate effect from noise events has never been shown." The findings
of
the Hypertension and Exposure to Noise near Air****ts study will see print
in
the European Heart Journal. It examined 140 people who reside near the
Heathrow, Athens, Malpensa and Arlanda air****ts for at least 5 years.
Their
blood pressures were individually checked every 15 minutes, while noise
levels and types were logged down in their sleeping quarters. The Hyena
study said in the evenings noise levels in residences near air****ts may
reach 30 decibels. For every 10 decibel hike, the chances of having
hypertension goes up by 14 percent, Jarup said. Earlier studies said 20
percent of Europe residents, or 80 million people,are constantly bombarded
by unhealthy and sometimes fatal air****t noise levels.
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7010021864
Editor's Note: Guess
why
a relation****p between noise and blood pressure has "never been shown?"
You
will find the lobbying efforts of the airline and railroad industry that
goes way back to 1980 when they got congress to remove funding for the
EPA's
Office of Noise Abatement and Control (ONAC). This is proof positive (or
perhaps I should say negative) of how American's health has been sold out
by
our representatives and their cor****ate and union financiers.
Connecticut: State Senators Line Up To Fight FAA's Airspace Redesign!!!
STAMFORD - In an effort led by state senators from Stamford and Norwalk,
the
General Assembly's Trans****tation Committee voted yesterday to draft a
resolution that would make official the state's opposition to the Federal
Aviation Administration's airspace redesign plan. The FAA adopted the plan
to reroute some flight paths from LaGuardia and Westchester County
air****ts
over lower Fairfield County in September. In November, the state and a
coalition of 14 municipalities sued the FAA over the plan. "I thought it
was
im****tant that the state of Connecticut take as many measures as possible
and use the strongest of language to say how we all feel about the
wrongheaded decision of the FAA," said state Sen. Bob Duff, D-Norwalk, the
committee vice chairman. Duff said he will draft the resolution over the
weekend. It would be nonbinding but would serve as an official censure, he
said. Opponents have said that the redesign will damage the region's
quality
of life and that the FAA did not sufficiently explore alternatives,
including the possibility of rerouting paths over less-populated areas.
http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/local/scn-sa-faa5feb16,0,3149100.story
Ridgefield, Connecticut: "One Of The Last" Towns Joins The Coalition
Opposing The Airspace Redesign: After some heated argument, voters at a
town
meeting last week approved spending $70,000 for Ridgefield to join the
Alliance for Sensible Airspace Planning. Ridgefield is "one of the last"
of
a dozen local towns to join the alliance in an effort to change the
Federal
Aviation Authority's proposed airspace redesign, First Selectman Rudy
Marconi said. The plan is to fight the proposal to rerouting New York
air****t traffic over Connecticut, by simultaneously pursuing legal,
lobbying
and "grass roots" opposition, he said. The aviation authority has approved
a
redesign that some people have compared to "putting an I-95 directly above
us," he said. At a public hearing right before the vote last Wednesday,
Feb.
6, Mr. Marconi urged Ridgefielders to approve the money to join the
Alliance
for Sensible Airspace Planning. "Overall we're very, very concerned that
proper homework has not been done. This will impact our quality of life
forever," he said. But Board of Finance members David Ulmer and Bob
Cascella
both spoke against joining the fight against the airspace redesign.
"Frankly, we in Connecticut have been getting a free ride for quite some
time," Mr. Ulmer said. "The FAA started this process about five years ago.
It's been well-studied. The New York area air****ts are among the worst in
the country in terms of delays. The FAA is under severe political pressure
to do something about it." Mr. Ulmer said it was true that the Board of
Finance had voted to approve the money to join the alliance, but "that's
really a procedural question," he said. Of the $70,000 the town would
spend,
"$14,000 is on lobbying efforts, and I'm not sure what lobbying will do if
there's no legislative body involved," he said. "The noise impact might be
a
five decibel jump, but it's not a huge level to begin with," he added. Mr.
Cascella said he opposed joining the FAA fight, too. He said he did not
think having a special town meeting to decide the issue "is right." "The
Board of Selectmen should bring it through the budget process," he said.
But
audience member John Katz seemed to speak for the majority of voters there
when he voiced his sup****t for joining the alliance. "Each of us needs to
look at this as an insurance premium," he said. Approximately 40 people
turned out for the voice vote, and the ayes far outweighed the nays.
http://www.acorn-online.com/news/publish/ridgefield/28805.shtml
Thailand: Residents (Again) Threaten To Launch Balloons And Fire Rockets
At
Noisy Planes Next Saturday!!! BANGKOK, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Angry residents
around the Suvarnabhumi International Air****t, the main air hub of
Bangkok,
on Saturday threatened to disrupt the flights around the air****t by firing
homemade rockets and releasing balloons. Somchart Manathamsombat, a leader
of the residents, said at a press conference that the people affected by
noise pollution at the air****t would give the government until Feb. 23 to
solve their problems or they would launch homemade rockets and balloons to
disrupt the flights. Somchart and some 100 representatives of the
residents
demanded the new government to ask the Air****ts of Thailand Plc. (AoT) to
speed up paying affected people compensations, local news network The
Nation
re****ted. They claimed that the AoT has signed a formal agreement to buy
homes from owners who have been suffering aircraft noise of above 70
decibels. Until now, no parties have received the compensation, they said.
While acknowledging that the country's image would be negatively affected
if
their threatened action is actually taken, the residents said they had no
choice but to proceed with the plan because the AoT was not sincere about
solving their problem. http://enews.mcot.net/view.php?id=2847
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Im****tant Aviation
News
Stories This Week
Airplane Noise Boosts Blood Pressure Even During Sleep
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Re****ter
Wednesday, February 13, 2008; 12:00 AM
http://www.wa****ngtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/12/AR2008021202224.html
..
TUESDAY, Feb. 12 (HealthDay News) -- People who live near major air****ts
may
be disturbed by the din of aircraft flying overhead all day, but a new
study
finds it can also boost their blood pressure even while they're sleeping
In fact, the louder the noise, the higher blood pressure will go, the
study
found. That finding holds whether the noise comes from airplanes, passing
traffic or other sources, according to the re****t in the February issue of
theEuropean Heart Journal.
"We know that noise from air traffic can be a source of irritation, but
our
research shows that it can also be damaging for people's health, which is
particularly significant in light of plans to expand international
air****ts," co-author Dr. Lars Jarup, from the Department of Epidemiology
and
Public Health at Imperial College London, said in a prepared statement.
"Nighttime aircraft noise can affect your blood pressure instantly and
increase the risk of hypertension. It is clear to me that measures need to
be taken to reduce noise levels from aircraft, in particular during
nighttime, in order to protect the health of people living near air****ts,"
Jarup said.
In the study, the British team studied 140 people who lived near London's
Heathrow Air****t, as well as air****ts in Athens, Milan and Stockholm.
While the volunteers slept, the researchers remotely measured their blood
pressure every 15 minutes. They also analyzed the noise level in the
participant's bedrooms.
Jarup's group found a noticeable increase in blood pressure when noise
levels grew louder than 35 decibels. That amount of increased noise can
occur as an airplane flies overhead, from traffic noise, or even from
someone snoring nearby. The increase in blood pressure was apparent even
when the participant stayed asleep, the researchers found.
The noise from aircraft increased blood systolic pressure (the top number
in
a reading) an average of 6.2 mmHg, and diastolic pressure an average of
7.4
mmHg, the researchers found. This increase in blood pressure was also seen
from other noise, such as road traffic, according to the re****t.
The boost in blood pressure was directly related to the loudness of the
noise, Jarup's group found. In fact, every 5 decibel increase in airplane
noise caused an increase in systolic blood pressure of 0.66 mmHg. The key
factor in increasing blood pressure was the level of the noise, not its
source, the researchers noted.
One expert believes more studies are needed to see if avoiding noise can
benefit cardiovascular health.
"Elevations in systolic and diastolic blood pressure are im****tant
modifiable risk factors for heart attack and stroke," said Dr. Gregg C.
Fonarow, a professor of cardiology, at the University of California, Los
Angeles.
This study is consistent with earlier studies, which showed that
environmental noise can significantly increase systolic and diastolic
blood
pressure during sleep, Fonarow added.
"Further studies are necessary to determine if avoiding excess noise
during
sleep will result in better blood pressure control and cardiovascular risk
reduction in individuals with hypertension," Fonarow said.
"The study adds to the literature that noxious and stressful exposures
have
adverse cardiovascular consequences," said Dr. Harlan M. Krumholz, a
professor of medicine at Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven,
Conn.
How this finding translates into policy is not quite clear, but it appears
that the adverse effect of noise can be demonstrated by blood pressure
changes, Krumholz said. "What is interesting here is that it occurred
during
sleep," he added.
"Whether all people are affected similarly and whether this response
correlates with a higher risk of heart disease is not clear, but it seems
sensible to assume that a noisy environment is not good for health,"
Krumholz said.
More information
For more on high blood pressure, visit the American Heart Association.
SOURCES: Harlan M. Krumholz, M.D., professor, medicine, Yale University
School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn; Gregg C. Fonarow, M.D., professor,
cardiology, University of California, Los Angeles; February 2008European
Heart Journal
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