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5. Adverse Health Impacts

Report Endangered Health- Threat From F-35 Basing

Report Endangered Health- Threat From F-35 Basing… 50{33979494efa9b9c28f844b5c37a1ddedf4bb90a2eb3dac7a83ede58b7eac2e67} of the children in the 65 dB noise zone will suffer cognitive impairment. Additionally, altering neurotransmitter levels can lead to psychiatric disorders later in life for these children.” Endangered Health: The Threat to Public Health from the Proposed F-35 Basing at Burlington International Airport Current scientific consensus confirms that […]

Low Frequency Noise:A Major Risk Factor in Military Operations

“Low Frequency Noise:A Major Risk Factor in Military Operations,” Low frequency (below 500HZ) military jet noise: a major problem that has received little attention, “Usually the concern is with the higher frequency bands (> 500 Hz) that cause hearing damage or interfere with speech. Protection against noise is thus focused on these higher frequencies, while […]

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Noise Exposure Standards to Prevent Hearing Loss

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“Occupational Noise Exposure,” The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) noise exposure standards to prevent hearing loss. For the 115 decibel noise level of the F-35 (Air Force Environmental Impact Statement ES-11) the maximum exposure to prevent hearing loss is 28 seconds. These are […]

Harvard School of Public Health: Aircraft noise linked with heart problems

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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/

What to Believe:

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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 […]

Download the F-35A Basing Fact Sheet

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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 […]

Center For Media And Democracy: Video Interview of Dr. Jean Szilva on F-35’s Health Concerns to local populations around BIA

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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 […]

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Seven Days: Air Guard Sticking to Its Guns on Basing F-35 in Vermont

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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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