【EHS英文】为何住在机场附近可能有损健康?( 六 )

这些发现的出现仅仅是在机场委员会主席霍华德-戴维斯在分配解决英国东南机场的容量问题的几天之后,霍华德-戴维斯曾称,他可能会考虑在希思罗机场增加第三条飞机跑道,并在盖特威克机场增加第二条飞机跑道。

Professor Paul Elliott, from the Centre for Environment and Health said: “The issue here is particularly with areas with the highest levels of aircraft noise. How can you design your future airports and airport capacity [while] trying to keep the exposure to the population below those highest levels? That’s [a question] the policymakers have to take into account. They’re already well aware of the annoyance levels. What we’re adding into the mix is that there may also be an effect on risk of heart disease.”

环境与健康中心的保罗-埃利奥特教授称,“这里的问题尤其在于飞机噪音最高的区域,你怎么样设计未来的机场与机场容量(笑)以力图使得暴露在最高级别噪音的人们面临的噪音低于噪音最高值?这是政策制定者们必须去考虑的问题。他们已经意识到噪音的等级,我们想要增加的是:噪音可能是患心脏病的影响因素”。