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Re:Turbine “torture” for Greek islanders as wind farms proli... by mdp2021 on Friday February 11, 2022 @10:19AM (#30302407)
The parent-linked article: Increase in mortality rates due to aircraft noise. («...people near Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) suffer a 5% increase in mortality rates due to increases in a number of fatal diseases. ... an 18% increase in cardiovascular deaths, for people over 75 at a 97% confidence level ... The number of suicides in the age bracket 45-54 was increased by the jet noise by over 100% at a 99% confidence level. Total accidental deaths increased by over 60% in the age group above 75 at a 96% confidence level»).

I submitted weeks ago the study and divulgation "Exposure to Traffic Noise Linked to Higher Dementia Risk", https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29686233

The results of the studies can be quite surprising.

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Re:Turbine “torture” for Greek islanders as wind farms proli... by hcknwscommenter on Friday February 11, 2022 @12:39PM (#30304357)
"LINKED" and "increased BY jet noise" are doing a lot of work here. Could be lead. Could be that poorer people (who tend to also be less healthy, no fault of their own) tend to be clustered in areas of higher noise, which is absolutely true. Correlation is not causation.
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