Study: Airport Noise Increases Risk of Strokes
According to the unpublished study, commissioned by Germany’s Federal Environment Agency, men who are exposed to jet noise have a 69% higher risk of being hospitalized for cardiovascular disease. Women living under flight paths fare even worse, logging a 93% higher rate of hospitalization with cardiovascular problems, compared with their counterparts in quiet residential areas. The study found that women who are exposed to jet noise (of about 60 decibels) during the day are 172% more likely to suffer a stroke.
[Read more →]Air Traffic, A report to the UA Facuty Senate by the Air Traffic Committee
Air Traffic
A report to the University of Arizona Faculty Senate by the Air Traffic Committee, University of Arizona, 31, March 1979 Summary
The committee recommends that :
1) All controlled aircraft vectored over the University and the central Tucson should be assigned altitudes higher …
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