{"id":3486,"date":"2016-01-12T07:48:51","date_gmt":"2016-01-12T07:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3486"},"modified":"2019-05-13T18:27:34","modified_gmt":"2019-05-13T18:27:34","slug":"hacan-launches-major-report-on-aircraft-noise-and-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3486","title":{"rendered":"HACAN Launches Major Report on Aircraft Noise and Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h4>\n<p><strong>A major new report published today has found that the health of over one million people in the UK is at risk from aircraft noise.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong> The report, <em><i>Aircraft Noise and Public Health:<\/i><\/em> <em><i>The Evidence is Loud and Clear<\/i><\/em>, commissioned by campaign group HACAN and produced by the Aviation Environment Federation, has called on the Government to undertake a complete review of all its polices to ensure that they take full account of the health impacts of aircraft noise.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here is the report:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Aircraft-Noise-and-Public-Health-the-evidence-is-loud-and-clear-final-reportONLINE-1.pdf\" rel=\"\">Aircraft Noise and Public Health the evidence is loud and clear final reportONLINE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And here is the summary:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/AEF_aircraft-noise-and-health_FINAL3-1.pdf\" rel=\"\">AEF_aircraft noise and health_FINAL3<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u><b>Key findings:<\/b><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>People exposed to high levels of aircraft noise around Heathrow have a 24% higher chance of stroke, 21% higher chance of heart disease, and 14% higher chance of cardiovascular diseases compared to people exposed to low levels of aircraft noise<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Over 460 schools around Heathrow are exposed to aircraft noise levels that may impair learning and memory<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>In the UK close to 600,000 people are exposed to night-time aircraft noise levels far above WHO recommendations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>HACAN chair John Stewart said, \u201cThese findings are shocking but not surprising.\u00a0 Aircraft noise is having a major impact on people\u2019s health.\u00a0 HACAN is calling on the Government to postpone any decision on new runways until a full health assessment has been carried out on each proposal.\u00a0 Today HACAN is setting up the Heathrow Health Alliance to monitor progress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Launch:<\/u><\/strong> Tuesday 12<sup>th<\/sup> January, 2 \u2013 3pm, Committee Room 19, House of Commons;\u00a0Hosted by Tania Mathias MP;\u00a0Key Speakers:Tim Johnson, Director of AEF,\u00a0Professor Stephen Stansfeld, Professor of Psychiatry, Queen Mary University of London<\/p>\n<p><strong><b>ENDS<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A major new report published today has found that the health of over one million people in the UK is at risk from aircraft noise.\u00a0\u00a0 The report, Aircraft Noise and Public Health: The Evidence is Loud and Clear, commissioned by campaign group HACAN and produced by the Aviation Environment Federation, has called on the Government &hellip; 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