- People who are exposed to jet noise have a substantially increased risk of stroke, high blood pressure and heart disease: http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1929071_1929070_1947782,00.html Aircraft noise may cause hypertension and organ damage: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/311045.php Exposure to aircraft noise and increased risk of hospitalizations for cardiovascular disease among the elderly population (Harvard School of Public Health and Boston University School of Public Health): https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/press-releases/aircraft-noise-linked-with-heart-problems/ https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/magazine/secrets-of-sound-health/ http://www.bu.edu/today/2013/living-near-an-airport-could-be-bad-for-your-heart/ Dying from a heart attack more common among people with increased exposure to aircraft noise: https://nqsc.org/Heart.html Night-time aircraft noise can increase a person's blood pressure and increase risk of hypertension even if it does not wake them: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080213090530.htm?trendmd-shared=0 Effect of night-time aircraft noise exposure on endothelial function and stress hormone release in healthy adults: http://eurheartj.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2013/07/01/eurheartj.eht269.full Aircraft noise can seriously affect the health and psychological well-being of children (Cornell study): https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1998/03/980306043455.htm Aircraft noise impairs children's reading ability and long-term memory (Cornell study): https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/10/021008065059.htm?trendmd-shared=0 Children in schools bombarded by frequent aircraft noise don't learn to read as well (Cornell study): http://robbinsville.freeservers.com/cornell.htm Aircraft noise exposure at school associated with poorer memory and impaired reading comprehension: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22842719 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16306314 Schools exposed to high levels of aircraft noise are not healthy educational environments: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15936421 Physiological, motivational, and cognitive effects of aircraft noise on children: http://www.eltoroairport.org/issues/lax_noise.htm The effects of chronic aircraft noise exposure on children's cognition and health: http://www.noiseandhealth.org/article.asp?issn=1463-1741;year=2003;volume=5;issue=19;spage=31;epage=40;aulast=Matheson Planes' exhaust could be harming communities up to 10 miles from LAX: http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-0529-lax-pollution-20140529-story.html Airliner activity at Los Angeles International Airport worsens air quality over a far larger area than previously assumed (USC School of Medicine): https://news.usc.edu/63466/new-concerns-raised-about-air-pollution-at-lax/ Plane exhaust kills more people than plane crashes (MIT study): http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/10/101005-planes-pollution-deaths-science-environment/ Pollution from aviation emissions has significant health impacts (MIT study): http://www.aef.org.uk/2015/08/11/pollution-from-aviation-emissions-has-significant-health-impacts/