Sudden noise exposure from aircraft puts a strain on human health. Image: Unsplash
Sudden noise exposure from aircraft puts a strain on human health. Image: Unsplash - Short-term disturbances caused by aircraft noise at night can lead to cardiovascular death within hours. This is shown in analyses by a team of researchers from the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute and Empa. The researchers used a dataset covering the years 2000 to 2015 to investigate how mortality rates in the Zurich airport area are related to acute nighttime aircraft noise exposure; they recently published their findings in the European Heart Journal. Studies on traffic noise and cardiovascular mortality have mostly focused on long-term noise exposures. These studies indicate that chronic noise exposure is a risk factor for cardiovascular mortality. Overall, about 48,000 cases of so-called ischemic heart disease per year in Europe can be attributed to noise exposure, especially to road noise.
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