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Aviation Conspiracy Newsletter
#469........................................................................February
24, 2007 Past newsletters can be accessed at:
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The PASSUR air****t
flight
tracking system at many major U.S. air****ts
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of the Week: "The research team showed that people living for at
least
five years near a busy air****t and under a flight path have a greater risk
of developing chronic high blood pressure, also known as hypertension,
than
those who live in quieter areas." from a story this week on the
noise/blood
pressure link
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Noise "Instantly" Boosts Blood Pressure!!!
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As Bill Sees It (Editorial): The Media Is Now Ignoring Noise/Blood
Pressure
Story!!! One week after they broke the story, there has been almost no
follow-up stories on what I consider proof that governments (and the
media)
have been carefully hiding the health impact of aircraft noise on humans.
According to the recently released British study there is an IMMEDIATE
rise
in blood pressure in subjects when they are subjected to increased noise,
even when they are sleeping!!! This might be old news to the media but it
isn't to me. I think it is should be the basis of all opposition to every
air****t expansion project. I don't believe that we have had expanding
aviation for seventy years and nobody ever thought of hooking up a blood
pressure monitor to someone to test their blood pressure reaction to the
noise. I believe the aviation cabal (politicians/airline industry/FAA)
have
done these studies and has deliberately hid them. Or, possibly they have
suppressed studies that have been done by individuals. Why else would they
gone to the trouble of removing funding (the only such case in EPA
history)
from the one EPA office that would be responsible for protecting people
from
noise pollution? I did a quick Google search on "noise blood pressure" and
sure enough, I did find stories (see below) about studies done as far back
as 2002 that showed a link between noise and increased blood pressure
levels, strokes and heart disease!!! This could be another nail in the
coffin of the FAA's recent outrageous Northeast Region Airspace Redesign
Plan as this scheme carefully avoided health impacts of increased noise
levels on aviation cabal victims.
Communities Must DEMAND That The FAA Use REAL Noise Analysis!!! It's time
for communities to demand that the FAA stop using their phony computer
"estimated" Integrated Noise Model (INM) aircraft noise analysis that does
not include other noise sources that impact communities. This can only be
done if they start using real noise monitors around air****t communities.
I
see a lot of politicians getting their faces in the newspapers complaining
about the increased noise their communities are going to get with the FAA
airspace redesign scheme. However, I haven't seen one mention of the
increased health impacts that the FAA conveniently left out of their
impact
analysis. I see stories about communities and politicians fighting the
Airspace Redesign Plan on the basis that is is unfair or even unsafe. I
have
yet to see a story saying that a politician or community is saying the
plan
should be thrown out because it hasn't done an analysis of health impacts.
Why? Where are the investigative re****ters. Have they been told that
airline
industry advertising is more im****tant than people's health?
England "To Reduce The Numbers" Of People Impacted By Aircraft Noise By
Dumping On "Countryside!!!" I almost had to laugh when I saw this story.
It's clear that the British Government is taking their cues from the
American FAA. Instead of saying they are going to increase flights and
noise
impacts on people they use the media to fool the public into thinking they
are going to get less noise. No doubt the "new flight paths" will
concentrate noise impacts on the politically weak, "countryside" areas and
creating new noise pollution hells, thus reducing the "numbers" of people
impacted by the noise. This could be an act of desperation as there is
increasing opposition to air****t expansion and noise pollution in that
country.
More Studies On Noise And High Pressure Have Been Done!!! Check out
http://www.oem.msu.edu/news/Hv7n1.pdf
A 2005 University of Michigan study
http://www.umich.edu/news/index.html?Releases/2005/Nov05/r111805
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Pennsylvania: Rep. Sestak Says Airspace Redesign Plan Is Unsafe!!!
Essington - U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.- picture above left) and Don
Chapman, president of the Philadelphia chapter of the National Air Traffic
Controllers Association, blasted the Federal Aviation Administration's
airspace redesign for compromising safety. Much of the criticism aimed at
the FAA for its plan, which began sending significant air traffic from
Philadelphia International air****t over Delaware County on Dec. 19, has
centered upon the health and environmental implications of the increase in
noise in the area. But the redesign also impairs the safety of air travel,
the congressman and union representative argued. "This is not just about
noise," Mr. Sestak said. Worrying them the most is the change in
navigational procedure pilots leaving Philadelphia International now face.
When airplanes take off, pilots keep with them departure route
descriptions
which tell them the headings (or directions) in which they must fly. Since
implementation of the new airspace redesign, pilots have received
instructions after takeoff to fly in a different heading than the one
published for them to follow. Such in-flight orders could cause confusion,
Mr. Sestak said, exacerbating the frequency of near-accidents on runways
that are already re****tedly on the rise. Philadelphia International
Air****t
has seen 12 percent more runway near-accidents in 2007 than in 2006.
http://www.thebulletin.us/site/news.cfm?newsid=19317268&BRD=2737&PAG=461&dept_id=618959&rfi=6
England: New Flight Path Insanity Proposed For British Air****ts!!!
National
Air Traffic Control (Nats) has announced plans to reorganise the flight
paths to the UK's air****ts - potentially shattering the tranquility of
some
of the country's most picturesque properties. Nats - which manages
Britain's
airspace - announced today it was launching a 13-week consultation with a
view to making changes to Britain's overcrowded skies. It is thought those
in London and the Home Counties, which have a combined population of 12.5
million people, will be particularly hard hit. The plans involve the
creation of four new holding stacks - which will be used by aircraft
circling to land - for the air****ts at Luton, Stansted, Gatwick and
Heathrow. As a result, a large number of formerly idyllic villages may see
the number of flights passing overhead increase. The new stack system is
likely to affect villages located in Es***, east of Saffron Walden, south
and west of Bishop's Stortford, along the Blackwater estuary and villages
in
Hertford****re north of Berkhamsted, north of St Albans and south of Luton.
The changes to the Nats system are designed to alleviate bottlenecks in
the
present system, which was designed 30 years ago. While only 701,000
thousands flights used the air****ts in question during 1975, this number
had
increased to 2.6 million in 2006. According to Nats, some 20,000 fewer
people will be affected by low flying aircraft as a result of the changes.
However, those in the countryside are likely to see noise increase.
http://www.aboutproperty.co.uk/news/planning/rural-planning/rural-peace-shattered-by-new-flight-paths-$1206341.htm
Only Noise/Blood Pressure Story This Week!!! LONDON (Reuters) - Living
near
an air****t isn't just irritating, it is also unhealthy, researchers said
on
Wednesday, in a study that showed loud noise instantly boosts a sleeping
person's blood pressure. The louder the noise, the higher a person's blood
pressure went, a finding that suggests people who live near air****ts may
have a greater risk of health problems, said Lars Jarup, who led the
European Commission-funded study. "Living near air****ts where you have
exposure to night time aircraft noise is a major issue," Jarup, an
environmental health researcher at the University of Glasgow, told
Reuters.
"The reason we did air****ts is because there was no study that has looked
at
particular problems of aircraft noise." High blood pressure can lead to
stroke, heart failure, heart attack and kidney failure. It affects more
than
a billion adults worldwide. The research team showed that people living
for
at least five years near a busy air****t and under a flight path have a
greater risk of developing chronic high blood pressure, also known as
hypertension, than those who live in quieter areas. That study of nearly
5,000 people found that an increase in night time airplane noise of 10
decibels increased the risk of high blood pressure by 14 percent in both
men
and women. "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," Jarup said.
http://in.reuters.com/article/health/idINKUA36283020080213
Thailand: Residents cancel plan to disrupt air traffic: Residents affected
by noise at Suvarnabhumi air****t yesterday cancelled plans to disrupt air
traffic after the Air****ts of Thailand (AoT) agreed to pay them
compensation
early next week. Disgruntled residents around Suvarnabhumi air****t have
demanded quick and fair compensation for the impact airplane noise has had
on their lives. They also pressed the AoT to find appropriate measures to
curb the noise pollution before the air****t opens its third and fourth
runways. They threatened to disrupt flights, re****tedly by launching
balloons, fireworks and bongfai home-made rockets. Trans****t Minister
Santi
Prompat said yesterday the AoT will disburse compensation for repairs to
166
houses early next week. He promised authorities will decide on any
purchases
of houses seriously affected by noise after the new AoT board is appointed
in the middle of next month.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/23Feb2008_news14.php
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