Minutes Exhibit B
Public Comment Bernedine Lund, resident of Federal Way, presented to 11-10-2020 PoS Commissioner's meeting Noise effects and possible action to take It has been almost two years since the WHO published its Environmental Noise Guidelines for the European Region 2018. The recommendation was to reduce aviation noise exposure to 45 db or less during the day and 40 db or less for nighttime. The report noted that "in terms of their health implications, the recommended exposure levels can be considered applicable in other regions suitable for a global audience." Over the last two years, other studies continue to find and report on similar negative health effects from aviation activity. This includes studies that show noise contributes to significant health problems, including - cardiovascular diseases in older adults - diminished learning in children, including lower reading and math scores - sleep disturbance, - mental health problems such as depression - increased hospitalizations - metabolic outcomes such as increased waist circumference and Type 2 diabetes - may increase people's chances of dementia For Seattle, noise pollution also has a disparate impact on marginalized communities and communities of color. These more recent findings add further evidence and strength to the WHO findings of the negative health impacts of aviation noise. Having multiple studies done by different research groups, on different populations, races, ages, with different levels of exposure all showing the same results adds strength to the conclusions. At the 10-28-2020 StART meeting Eric Schinfeld provided a list of federal agency issues StART was addressing. One issue was the WHO Europe Study. The table read: Issue Goal Result WHO Europe Request FAA formal explanation of interpretation The FAA responded via email to Study of the study and how they are including it in their US Representative Smith that they policymaking (from letter Adam Smith sent to the do not consider this study to be FAA) valid. The WHO report and more recent studies make the FAA's dismissal of the WHO Noise Report as not valid all the more egregious. It's similar to the tobacco industry saying that all the studies linking smoking to lung cancer are inadequate. Request for Possible actions: - Will you reach out to the FAA about the noise complaints? - Will you work with the cities and residents to support any communication they have with the FAA? - If the FAA will not develop a more realistic noise measure, can you ask the Port's noise team to suggest more realistic measures and work with knowledgeable staff to develop one? Studies/articles 2018 WHO Noise Guidelines: https://www.euro.who.int/en/publications/abstracts/environmental-noise-guidelines-for-theeuropean-region-2018 https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2020/650787/IPOL_STU(2020)650787_ EN.pdf https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/10/201021085106.htm https://deptofcommerce.app.box.com draft report not for distribution https://www.bmj.com/content/347/bmj.f5561 https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/10.1289/ehp.1307115 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0013935116305461?via%3Dihub
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