Aviation Conspiracy Newsletter #469........................................................................February 24, 2007 Past newsletters can be accessed at: http://pages.prodigy.net/rockaway/ACNewsmenu.htm The PASSUR airport flight tracking system at many major U.S. airports http://www.passur.com/sites.htm (you must have Java installed to view it). If you want to get the newsletter sent to you every week, sign up to AviationWatch. Bill Mulcahy rockaway@prodigy.net
Quote of the Week: "The research team showed that people living for at least five years near a busy airport 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 only story this week on the noise/blood pressure link
Noise "Instantly" Boosts Blood Pressure!!!
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 airport 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 airport 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 reporters. Have they been told that airline industry
advertising is more important 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 airport 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
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 airport 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
reportedly on the rise. Philadelphia International Airport 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 Airports!!! National Air Traffic Control (Nats) has announced
plans to reorganise the flight paths to the UK's airports – 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 airports 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 Essex, east of Saffron Walden, south and west of
Bishop’s Stortford, along the Blackwater estuary and villages in Hertfordshire
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
airports 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 airport 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
airports may have a greater risk of health problems, said Lars Jarup, who led
the European Commission-funded study. "Living near airports 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 airports 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 airport 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 airports," Jarup said. http://in.reuters.com/article/health/idINKUA36283020080213
Thailand:
Residents
cancel plan to disrupt air traffic:
Residents affected by noise at Suvarnabhumi airport yesterday cancelled plans to
disrupt air traffic after the Airports of Thailand (AoT) agreed to pay them compensation
early next week. Disgruntled residents around Suvarnabhumi airport 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 airport opens its third and fourth runways. They threatened
to disrupt flights,
reportedly by launching balloons, fireworks and bongfai home-made rockets.
Transport 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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