Photo credit: Jim Trodel licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition
This article discusses the problem of airplane noise from San Francisco International Airport (airport code SFO). One of the people affected was Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA), who lives near the airport. She was at home, rather than in Washington, because she was recovering from surgery.
As others have found, when they are at home all day rather than in the office, environmental noise pollution really is a problem. Often it’s gas-powered leaf blowers, but this time it’s airplane noise.
Airplane noise isn’t just an annoyance. Aircraft noise causes heart disease, strokes, and death.
Maybe the fact that an elected official is herself affected by airplane noise will lead to some federal action to help solve this problem.
