Living near the airport and threatened stroke

Accommodation in the vicinity of the airport can shorten life expectancy as the researchers found. People who constantly hear aircraft noise by 20% more likely to drop out of life from stroke and heart disease.

Near the airport,

In many countries, residents of settlements located   Near the airport, , Are fighting for their peaceful existence, requiring the closure or transfer of air gates and the airport management to convince them that the flights of human health is not threatened. And now, in this debate, which is often transferred to the court, there was a strong argument in favor of the plaintiffs.

Researchers from Imperial College London and King's College London have decided to study the effect on the health of people living in the vicinity of the famous London Heathrow Airport. In the immediate vicinity is now home to around 3, 6 million people. The researchers compared levels of daytime and nighttime noise with the number of hospitalizations and mortality rates.

It was found that the number of lethal cardiovascular disease was 10-20% higher in those who were exposed to the highest noise level (there are 70 found thousand) compared with those who live in areas with the lowest noise level. The researchers took into account other risk factors, such as social exclusion, ethnic origin, level of traffic noise, air pollution and the incidence of lung cancer.

According to the researchers, because of the constant noise in humans living Near the airport, , Produce more stress hormones that increase blood pressure and disturbed sleep. (READ MORE)

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