The effects include higher rates of high blood pressure, diabetes and dementia.
Living near an airport increases the chances of developing diseases such as diabetes, dementia or high blood pressure, a new study finds.
The paper, released Tuesday by green NGO Transport & Environment, blames fine particles and elements in jet fuel for the health impacts.
“A total of 280,000 cases of high blood pressure, 330,000 cases of diabetes, and 18,000 cases of dementia may be linked to UFP [ultrafine particle] emissions among the 51.5 million people living around the 32 busiest airports in Europe,” estimate the researchers from the CE Delft consultancy, which authored the study.
I’ll tell you that Iive under the flight path of an airport and even though I rarely notice the planes during the day I definitely notice them at 5am when my body wakes up because of the rumbling I can’t even hear.
The airport is probably 20 miles away.
It’s actually awful.
While the headline itself isn’t much of a surprise, I’m somewhat bewildered to see diabetes listed among the illnesses. Then again, I know nothing about diabetes.
Well…AVgas (aviation gasoline) still uses leaded fuel…and it gets dispersed more, as it eminates from aircraft…so there’s that
Not disagreeing at all, AVgas is nasty, but it’s only used by a small portion of planes that are prop driven. Jetfuel is arguably worse, as it’s insanely carcinogenic.
