Harvard School of Public Health: Aircraft noise linked with heart problems Current research confirms an increase in illness linked to extreme airport noise (at the levels produced by the F-16 and the much louder F-35 (if based here) warplanes in communities surrounding the Burlington Airport) Read article: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/press-releases/aircraft-noise-linked-with-heart-problems/
Click here to download pdf. WHAT (AND WHO) TO BELIEVE ABOUT THE F-35A BASING Positions on the F-35A can be based on objective facts or subjective opinions. Listed below are the facts and opinions as stated by the opponents and supporters of the F-35A. The facts, as stated by the opponents, come from government […]
Click here to download the pdf: Fact Sheets on F-35A Basing 8-9-2013 Burlington Vermont Air Guard Station F-35A Basing Fact Sheets _________________ (August 2013) I. NEGATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS of F-35A Basing at Burlington Air Guard Station A. BASIC FACTS – 2013 Revised Draft Environment Impact Statement (RDEIS) McEntire JNGB in South […]
Friday, June 12th, 2013 Burlington, VT Richard Kemp interviews Dr. Jean Silva on F-35 health concerns and health impacts to the local populations around the Burlington International Airport. Please click here to watch this video interview. Please call me (Chris Hurd) at 802.238.5256 so I can get your name, email address and phone number so […]
Thursday, July 11th, 2013 Colchester VT Seven Days journalist, Kevin Kelley, reports from Camp Johnson interviewing both General Dick Harris and Lieutenant Col. Finnegan who say, “The F-35 remains “the right fit” for the Vermont Air Guard, its top officer declared on Thursday — one day after the Winooski city council voted unanimously to oppose local basing […]
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(This informative article describes research documenting the harmful effects of airport noise on children, students, and others–editor)
Everyday Noise Can Overstimulate the Body’s Stress Response
By Rick Weiss
Washington Post
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
In the beginning there was silence, and it was good.